France’s famous Louvre Museum has reportedly scrubbed the Sackler family’s name from its walls, in effect removing any physical trace of its ties to the billionaire family that owns opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma. The art philanthropist family’s name was quietly removed from a major wing devoted to eastern antiquities over the past couple of weeks, The New York Times reported Wednesday. This Paris museum’s wing had been known as the Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities since 1997. A plaque honoring the family’s donations to the museum was also removed from the gallery’s entrance. Other mentions of the “Sackler Wing” throughout the museum were covered with tape, the Times reported.

STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN via Getty Images A protest outside the Louvre on July 1 condemned its ties with the Sackler family. The billionaire donors' highly addictive painkiller has been blamed for tens of thousands of deaths.

There is also no mention of the Sackler Wing on the museum’s website. A representative of the museum, confirming the names’ removal in a statement to The Guardian, said it was removed because it had exceeded a time limit. “The Theresa and Mortimer Sackler foundation supported the refurbishment of rooms of Persian and Levantine art in the period 1996 to 1997. Since then, there has been no other donation from the Sackler family,” the statement read. “On 10 October 2003, the museum board decided to limit the duration period of named rooms to 20 years. This donation is more than 20 years old, the name-period is therefore legally closed and these rooms no longer carry the Sackler name.”

STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN via Getty Images Protesters hold banners reading "Shame on Sackler" and "Take down the Sackler name" in front of the Pyramid of the Louvre Museum on July 1 in Paris.