Italy’s state broadcaster, Rai, is under fire for allegedly censoring Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man in its Winter Olympics opening credits. The iconic 500-year-old drawing was shown with the genitals missing before turning into winter sports athletes. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera spotted the change and asked, “What happened to the Vitruvian Man’s genitals?” The rest of the figure was intact but this detail appeared to be deliberately removed. Opposition parties quickly protested. Members of the centre-left Democratic party raised questions in parliament, demanding the culture minister, Alessandro Giuli, clarify if Rai had permission to alter this Renaissance masterpiece. Irene Manzi, Democratic party culture committee leader, called the move “incomprehensible and unacceptable” and asked, “Did Rai really go so far as to alter a Leonardo?” Rai denied the censorship claims. It said the accusation was a “spurious” controversy and called it “yet another fake news story.” Rai explained the opening credits were produced by Olympic Broadcasting Services and Rai only broadcasted the official clip without changes. The controversy arises amid protests by Rai sports journalists after several mistakes by Rai’s sports director Paolo Petrecca during the opening ceremony commentary. Petrecca notably confused Italian actor Matilda De Angelis with singer Mariah Carey. The journalists’ union said reporters would remove their bylines in solidarity with sports colleagues.