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=== 2022 reconstruction controversy ===
The artwork on the Orloj became the center of controversy after a local heritage group noticed the reproduction had "radically changed the appearance, ages, skin tone, dress and even genders of the figures portrayed by Mánes" in 1866. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/02/pragues-orloj-clock-centre-row-artist-amateur-restoration|title=Prague’s Orloj clock at centre of row over artist’s ‘amateur’ reproduction|date=2022022-06-02|website=theguardian.com|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref> A member of the Club for Old Prague, Milan Patka, registered a complaint with the Ministry of Culture, alleging that painter Stanislav Jirčík had deviated from the "spirit and detail" of the original in the restoration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.radio.cz/was-reconstruction-pragues-famous-astronomical-clock-botched-8752038|title=Was the reconstruction of Prague’s famous astronomical clock botched?|date=2022022-06-02|website=radio.cz|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref> The National Heritage Inspectorate subsequently began investigations into allegations. The Guardian reported that the artist may have put the likenesses of his friends and acquaintances into the work, "possibly as a joke."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/02/pragues-orloj-clock-centre-row-artist-amateur-restoration|title=Prague’s Orloj clock at centre of row over artist’s ‘amateur’ reproduction|date=2022022-06-02|website=theguardian.com|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref> Upon this discovery, the Prague city council's deputy mayor for transport and heritage criticized the work as “banal and done by an amateur” and suggested the city may need to commission a replacement. It is not yet known how the current painting's deviations had escaped detection when installed in 2018.
== Astronomical dial ==
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