ROME - The city's iconic 18th-century Trevi Fountain was treated to an unexpected, organic, politically significant, and absolutely hideous makeover early Tuesday morning, as members of the eco-anarchist collective "Splashes of Transformation" hurled bags full of raw, putrid sewage into the pristine waters of the famous landmark. The collective, comprised of unhinged and questionably hygienic millennials, chose the edgy rebrand as a means by which to draw attention to Earth's ailing ecological health and to "flip the bird" to the establishment like the cool, revolutionary dudes they think they are. "It's the perfect statement!" asserted an unshowered leader of the group, identifiable only by her hipster glasses and a sense of moral superiority. "We wanted to give the fountain a visual representation of how this elitist city is treating our environment, and it gave us a great excuse to throw things around and look tough af." Not content with merely desecrating one of the most recognized landmarks, Splashes of Transformation also left cryptic, grammatically butchered manifestos scrawled across the fountain's majestic façade, compelling humanity to heed the ominous call to "Awake (sic) from ur desillusion (sic), all is drie and doome (sic)." To their credit, the Splashes of Transformation was resolute in their commitment to authenticity, using only their own bodily excrement and refuting any association with the capitalist regime of sewage treatment facilities. "The crap we gathered was 100% artisanal," shared a particularly pungent member of the group, who refused to disclose their name due to a pending arrest warrant and a personal bias against indentured servitude. "We abstained from any cleansing rituals for at least a week, to ensure we'd achieve the perfect balance between chunky and fluid." Tourists who witnessed the ghastly metamorphosis of the Trevi Fountain appeared torn between revulsion and admiration, with many whiffing the abhorrent odor while secretly wishing they too could join such an insufferably radical group of eco-warriors. "I mean, it's disgusting... but also pretty kickass?" pondered Randall Davis, accounting manager from Nebraska who chose Rome over the Maldives for his honeymoon. "It's the kind of thing I wish I had done back in college, before I got caught up in the crushing monotony of daily life, juggling paperwork and existential despair." While the city of Rome scrambles to rectify this astonishing case of vandalism, many Italian media outlets have already begun to praise the Splashes of Transformation, hailing their dramatic and deeply unpleasant act as a daring ode to anti-fascism and calling the group a slightly-less-destructive version of Giotto. As we go to press, activists across the world are purchasing flights to Rome to partake in the eco-terrorist beautification project, hoping to extend its reach to other pinnacles of art and architecture such as the Colosseum, St. Peter's Basilica, and da Vinci's The Last Supper.