The article analyses the statutory features of the crime classified in Article 261 Criminal Code (desecration of a monument or another public place arranged to commemorate a historic event or to honour a person). It also draws attention to changes in the treatment of this offence in the Small Criminal Code (of 13 June 1946) – Article 25, CC Bills (of 1956, 1963, 1966, 1968 and 1990) and CC of 1969 (Article 284 §2). The article presents an analysis of a complex issue of provisions concurrence, which shows that the provision of Article 261 CC is often in real specific concurrence with other provisions (e.g. Article 136 §3, Article 137 §1 or §2, Article 288 §1 or §2 CC, Article 256 §1 CC, Article 108(1) of the Act of 23 July 2003 on the protection of cultural heritage sites and taking care of them). Statistics indicate that the number of offences under Article 261 is not big (e.g. 53 offences registered in 2016). Despite the small number of these crimes, it seems that this type of a prohibited act should continue to be classified in the Polish Criminal Code.