Over thousands of lipstick kisses and graffiti messages cover the bottom half of the tomb.
The practice started in the late 1990s, when somebody decided to leave a lipstick kiss on the tomb.
Kissing Oscar’s tomb on the Paris tourist circuit has become a cult pastime.
Appeals from Wildes grandson Merlin Holland to stop the practice also fell on deaf ears.
A plaque asking fans to respect the tomb instead of defacing it went in vain.
Meanwhile, those greasy red lipstick stains seeped into the stone making it harder and harder to clean.
They also covered the testicles with plaster as they considered its size unusual.
The tomb survived without further incident until 1961 when some vandals took off with the testicles.
Sources:The Guardian/Wikipedia/The History Blog
