Hundreds of chairs with fake money on them were placed atop what used to be a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, JTA reports.
According to the organizers of the "protest," the method chosen was designed to draw attention to the money being lost by delays in approving plans to build a conference center over the Snipiskes Cemetery, which is no longer in use, but holds the remains of many Jewish sages. At one point, the Vilna Gaon was buried there, although his remains were removed decades ago when the cemetery was under threat.
The Soviets originally destroyed the cemetery many years ago in order to build a sports center. The new project is a $25 million plan deemed "critical" by the president of the Lithuanian Hotel and Restaurant Association.