The Satanic Temple is threatening legal action over the depiction of the goat-headed occult deity Baphomet in Netflix's new show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."

The temple accused the show of infringing on its intellectual property.

It said the statue in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" looks similar to the temple's "wholly original" design for its own.

It also accused the show of playing on "Satanic Panic" rather than trying to understand sincere satanists.

In the show, Sabrina gets her powers from Satan, but she views him as an evil figure and vows to fight him.

The Satanic Temple is threatening legal action over the statue of a goat-headed occult deity in Netflix's new show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and has accused the show of "appropriating" their monument.

A statue of the satanic deity Baphomet sits in the center of the supernatural school attended by Sabrina, a young witch, in the series. The statue is in the background of many scenes.

The statue of Baphomet at the center of the witchcraft school in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." Netflix

Lucien Greaves, spokesperson and cofounder of the Satanic Temple, wrote on Twitter that the organization was taking legal action over the show "appropriating our copyrighted monument."

He told Broadly that the temple's depiction of Baphomet is "wholly original," and that he views the statue portrayed on "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" as a knock-off.

In August, the temple temporarily erected its statue at the foot of the Arkansas Capitol building to protest a monument of the Ten Commandments that had been installed on the grounds, arguing that there should not be exclusively Christian religious displays on public property.

The Satanic Temple unveiled its statue of Baphomet at a rally for the First Amendment in Arkansas in August. AP Photo/Hannah Grabenstein

Photos shared on Instagram by the Satanic Temple also show the design of their monument.

"It's deeply problematic to us," Greaves told SFGate. But, he said, "even if that wasn't the case, we'd be obligated to make a copyright claim because that's how copyright works."

Greaves said on Twitter that the show uses the monument to "promote their asinine Satanic Panic fiction."

Characters in "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" derive their powers from Satan, whom they call the Dark Lord. The show presents Sabrina as one of only a few characters in the witching world who is uncomfortable with submitting to Satan, and she vows to fight him.

In another tweet, Greaves said the show appropriated the temple's "intellectual property."

"I'm amazed that anybody is confused as to why we would seek legal remedy over Sabrina using our monument," Greaves wrote. "Would they be as understanding of a fictional show that used a real mosque as the HQ of a terrorist cell? A fictional Blood Libel tale implicating real world Jews?"

He told Broadly that the temple's lawyers "sent a letter informing the show that they have violated our copyright in using our own central image as an icon for some evil cannibalistic cult.

"Obviously, the nature of the copyright violation could be considered defamatory."

The Satanic Temple says its mission is to "encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will."

It is distinct from the Church of Satan, which says members of the Satanic Temple are "not Satanists."

The Church of Satan calls the Satanic Temple "a self described 'Yes Men' styled satire/activist group that uses satanic-themed imagery and language to get media and public attention."

Netflix declined to comment when contacted by INSIDER.