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DENUDED    These pictures taken on June 17, 2011 (top) and March 15, 2012 show the figures of Soviet soldiers at the base of the Soviet Army monument in Sofia, Bulgaria, painted by an unknown artist and the same monument after it was cleaned. The figures were painted to resemble superheroes and characters from popular culture like Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald.  (Photo: Dimitar Dilkoff / Getty Images via the Telegraph)