Indonesian artists claimed people “misunderstood” a piece that portrays an Israeli as a pig and includes an image of a man in a black hat and sidelocks with fangs, red eyes, and an SS insignia.

While the curators of a major German art show (Documenta Fifteen) apologized for displaying an antisemitic piece that led to international outcry, the work’s creators denied their work promoted Jew-hatred.

Taring Padi, the Indonesian collective responsible for the piece, claimed the 20-year-old piece was “in no way related” to antisemitism and referenced Indonesia’s post-1965 dictatorship, reported the Associated Press.

The Taring Padi mural depicts a man with a black hat and sidelocks, which are traditionally worn by Orthodox Jews, in addition to fangs, red eyes, and an SS insignia, the latter of which is reminiscent of the false antisemitic trope that Israelis treat Palestinians like the Nazis treated Jews during the Holocaust.