A tipster tells AT5 that the image was still there last week. “There was some kind of sign that said he had disappeared towards the northern corner,” said the tipster. In any case, that sign is no longer there.
New Year’s Eve association De Geitefok from Friesland often performs similar so-called ‘stunts’ in which statues are removed from cities. On December 31 at 9 p.m., a cart carrying the trophies will be driven through the village. On January 1 at 00:30 a speech will be given with the message behind the stunt. A few years ago they also kidnapped a statue of André Hazes, which was then on Dam Square.
Stunt
“We cannot say anything about what we have removed this year, including whether it concerns the statue of André van Duin,” a chairman of the association tells AT5. “I can say that there is a message behind what we take with us.”