South metope 1 (Ακρ. 20707), depicting a scene of the Centauromachy, was removed from the Parthenon on the 15th of June, 2012 by the crew of the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA). The metope then underwent an intensive programme of conservation in the conservation laboratory of the Old Acropolis Museum, which included its cleaning and removal of deposits, stabilization and micro-attachment of fragments, supplementations on gaps and cracks, as well as the designing and constructing an appropriate base to support it. The metope has been on display in the Acropolis Museum since the 19th of June, 2012.