Saudi Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Naif has instructed the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to withdraw the popular Vendetta masks from the market.

Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman of the Interior Ministry, confirmed the report, saying the instructions have been passed to the ministry.

The masks are from the 2006 film V for Vendetta. It was worn by an enigmatic lone anarchist who uses Guy Fawkes as a role model in his quest to end the rule of a fictional fascist party in the United Kingdom.

Al-Madinah daily said the Commerce Ministry has directed its branch offices across the Kingdom to take away V masks from stores and destroy them.

“We have instructed all companies not to import such masks,” the ministry said.

Kingdom’s neighbor Bahrain has already banned V masks in the country.

The Interior Ministry provided no official explanation for the ban.