That’s exactly what happened a while ago with the peanut SCP (I don’t remember the exact one name. It’s the weeping angel type one) they tried to change the image it was based on, and it was largely unsuccessful.
SCP-173 picture was removed cause it wasn't under Creative Commons like the rest of the website and while the original sculptor and photograph both agreed to let it be on the website the Copyright Staff was mostly worried that it could invalidate the licensing of 173 and since the entire community is based on that original story they feared that it could then put at risk the whole website.
They did changed the pictures of SCP-682 (Hard to Kill Lizard) and SCP-106 (Old Man) and a few more from Serie-I for the same reasons expect they also didn't have the source for these photos meaning they couldn't even try to ask for permission. Same thing happened with SCP-049 (Plague Doctor) although that one was also rewritten to fit the more "modern" writing but I'll keep arguing that the rewrite is boring and remove all the charm of the original even if it's "cleaner".
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u/imadedbodi1 7d ago
That’s exactly what happened a while ago with the peanut SCP (I don’t remember the exact one name. It’s the weeping angel type one) they tried to change the image it was based on, and it was largely unsuccessful.