 A scene in Schwarzkogler's foto-performances had been starry-eyed misinterpreted.The castration theme in some of them — for example, in "Aktion 2" he posed with a sliced open fish covering his groin — have additionally fueled this myth.Additionally, the protagonist of the Aktion in which the cutting of a penis was simulated was not Schwarzkogler himself, but his friend and model, the renowned photographer Hans Cibulka.