Censorship in the Acropolis museum

A scene from an animated film shown to visitors at the new Acropolis Museum that depicts Christian priests destroying parts of the Parthenon has been deleted following protests by the Greek Orthodox Church. The priests used to destroy ancient temples. Now they want to remove scenes from a film," Costa-Gavras the creator of the segment told Greece's Mega TV channel. "This is the kind (of censorship) that used to happen in the former Soviet Union." Costa-Gavras' 1-minute, 40-second segment depicting the damage done to Parthenon over the centuries - from marauding Germanic warriors in 267 A.D. to the removal of a large part of the frieze by British diplomat Lord Elgin in early 19th century - was part of a larger piece produced for the 2004 Athens Olympics and had been incorporated into a 13-minute film shown to museum visitors, narrating the history of the Parthenon from its inception to the present day. The animated segment showed priests clad in black climbing up ladders and destroying part of the Parthenon frieze; the scene referred to well-documented episodes of destruction that took place in the early Byzantine period (5th-8th centuries A.D.), when Christians often demolished monuments and temples belonging to the old pagan era. Many parts from those temples were used to build churches.
One might think that the Gods and Goddesses of Greece would be safe objects of devotion in their own homeland, but the presence of the Greek Orthodox Church has put a stranglehold on indigenous Paganism.
The irony that the world's oldest democracy would allow such a state of affairs, especially in light of Greece's membership in the European Union, whose pending Constitution specifically affirms religious freedom. Here is the animated video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH6L2d_2ixA