Pranksters caused quite a stir Wednesday morning when they distributed thousands of fake, but authentic-looking copies of the New York Times that declared, “IRAQ WAR ENDS.”

The pranksters – who included a filmmaker, three Times employees and an art professor – funded the project through online donations. The papers are dated July 4, 2009 and portray a liberal utopia, a reminder to Obama to keep his promise of change. Check out the full story here.