There's a secret shrine devoted to Danny DeVito hidden in a bathroom of a New York college, but the school shut it down

Deep in the walls of New York's Purchase College, there is a shrine where you can lay an offering for Danny DeVito.

The shrine is hidden behind the paper towel dispenser in one of the school's bathrooms. Remove the dispenser from the wall, and there's a doorway to a small room someone turned into a tribute to the "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor.

Pictures of the shrine went viral when a SUNY Purchase student posted photos of it on Twitter. Before a cutout of him, students had left an assortment of tokens and offerings

Read more: A teen took a cardboard cutout of Danny DeVito to prom — and he's thrilled she did it.

The bathroom appears to be in the school's visual arts building, according to Mashable. Several SUNY Purchase students on Twitter said it's been there for at least a year, but no one's sure who created it or why.

Earlier in November, one student posted a video of themself entering the shrine with a group of friends

It went mostly unnoticed until now.

One student invited him to visit it way back in October

Some students apparently held a drag photo shoot there

And SUNY Purchase said DeVito is welcome to come check it out

The school, however, has closed off the shrine, citing "safety reasons."

"While the spirit of the shrine lives on, sadly, it was closed for safety reasons," it said on Twitter. "We hope it can be installed elsewhere."

Will the Danny DeVito shrine live on? We can only hope.

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A representative for Danny DeVito didn't immediately respond to INSIDER's request for comment.