Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

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An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco.

Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.

The woman took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture.

Cultural officials said she had the best intentions and hoped it could be properly restored.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

[virgogal]

1. I'm speechless.

[Xipe Totec]

2. There is such a thing as being too stupid to realize you are stupid. nt

[Raster]

4. Obviously she was trying to restore in the style of Picasso.

[Xipe Totec]

5. It looks more like Jackson Pollock to me. nt

[Raster]

3. Quick! Call Gabriel Allon!

[Puregonzo1188]

6. Am I the only one who thinks her version was an improvement?

[BOG PERSON]

15. you are not the only one

i think it's an improvement too. i can/t stop looking at it or imagining it in my head.

[Lost-in-FL]

7. Wondering about the official's first reactions.

Laughter or double facepalm.

[FSogol]

8. "The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting

tunic"

[AsahinaKimi]

9. I had to see this to believe it..

and all I can say is ..OMG! Do not let her near the Sistine chapel!!!

[DeSwiss]

10. ''And forgive us our trespasses....

...as we forgive those who trespass against us.''

- K&R

[BOG PERSON]

11. it looks like a howler monkey or something

i like it! and now, thanks to the monkey resemblance, there is a kind of irony to the title ("behold the man&quot

[Earth_First]

12. "Much gooder..." nt

[Marinedem]

13. Well...

She's going to hell for that one!

Seriously though, WTF???

[TheDebbieDee]

14. WOW! Thank you for sharing with us.............