A group of Bulgarian artists caused a major public scandal by organising a fake opening of a Modern Art Museum in Sofia.

Over 100 Sofia citizens, culture and media representatives flocked late Tuesday to the railway station of Podujane, expecting to see a grand opening of a new museum with the special presence of the Bulgaria-born artist Christo Yavasheff.

At the fake opening came as well foreign ambassadors, also mislead by the perfectly organised media campaign.

As it later turned out it was a well-planned action for drawing the public attention to the urgent need of such a museum in Bulgaria.

The project was organised by a circle around the Bulgarian artist Ivan Mudov - an emblematic figure in the contemporary Bulgarian art.

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