Putting human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities, can be amusing. And human penis has long been one of the objects of anthropomorphism.

And this is what exactly happened in Malaysia.

An Artist created a collection of digitally-made images of "dickheads," and is selling them as NFTs.

Calling the project 'Dickheads NFT', the collection was created because the artist believes the world is generally full of dickheads, which according to the artist, are people who make decisions that may not favor the public.

"That’s why we are all in decentralisation, right?" the artist said. "Because we do not agree with the establishments? Or what I call collective dickhead assemblies."

This doesn't go well with the Malaysian government.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) didn’t like to see the digital images of anthropomorphic penises being sold online as NFTs.

The government bans it by ordering Malaysia-based marketplace NFT Pangolin to delist the project.

According to the MCMC, the agency stated that the content in question is "inappropriate and indecent in nature."

As a result of this, the country's homegrown Dickheads NFT project cannot be minted locally.

NFT Pangolin informed the creator of the NFT, saying that it received a letter from MCMC on 30 March, telling it that the collection contravenes the Communication Multimedia ACT 1998.

"I understand that the Pangolin team explained this is not different than adult toys on e-commerce or some of the art erotica collection they already hosted," the artist shared.

Following the ban, NFT Pangolin spokesperson said that the company was “working closely” with MCMC and the Dickheads NFT artist to address the matter.

Having prevented in Malaysia, the artist is looking to host the project on OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace, or SuperRare, an Ethereum-based digital art market.

The artist found this kind of amusing, suggesting that the MCMC didn't think that the artwork is classified as porn, believing instead that it’s simply provocative.

The artist went to say that the MCMC is may be confused because the agency didn't detail nor cite which part of the act the art even contravened.

"We wish we could stay on NFTPangolin because the team has been incredibly supportive and that’s useful for first-time minters like me," the artist said.

"But if we gotta go, we gotta go."

The artist believes MCMC also suspended their original Twitter account, but they have since started a new one.

This case by the unnamed Malaysia-based artist, is the first known instance of the regulator banning or censoring NFTs in the country.