PARIS, September 10 (RAPSI) - A court in Paris released nine Femen activists from the courtroom who were charged with organizing a campaign at the Notre Dame de Paris in 2013, AFP reports.

The prosecution insisted on a 1,500 euro fine for each of the activists.

The scandalous campaign of the feminist movement took place on February 12, 2013, the day after Pope Benedict XVI abdicated. Half-naked Femen activists entered the nave of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral and started hitting newly installed bells with stick and shouting in English “Pope no more!” The police protocol recorded damage of the gilding on one of the bells. The activists, however, insisted that they could not have damaged the bell because they wrapped the sticks in soft cloth. The court found that the investigation does not have sufficient evidence to charge the women with damaging the bells.

At the same time, the court ruled against three guards who bustled the offenders out. The prosecution requested a 250 to 500 euro fine for each of the guards for excessive violence toward the women. The court ordered the guards to pay nominal fines of 250, 300 and 500 euros.