Any debate about whether the monument should be left as it was or restored to its previous look stopped when activists from the Bulgaria-Russia Forum association brought machines and a workforce to clean off the paint.
Svaka debata o tome da li bi spomenik trebalo ostaviti takav kakav je ili mu vratiti pređašnji izgled prestala je kada su aktivisti iz Bugarsko-ruskog foruma doneli mašine i doveli radnu snagu da očisti boju.