When Art Restorations Go Bad...

[JakeStratham]

The story...

A 120-year-old fresco depicting Jesus was donated to a Spanish church. It needed to be restored. A parishioner thought she'd try to help.

As expected, she did a splendid job. You can barely tell the piece was restored at all.

lol She practically turned the thing into a Picasso.

Parishioner Cecilia Giménez said she was asked by the church to fix things up.

“The priest was aware … he knew,” she is quoted as saying in a report on Euronews.com. “Of course I did it because I was told to do it."

Find the whole, sad tale here.

 

[medicalhumor]

final version now looks like EskimosWife

 

[Andrew Scherer]

final version now looks like EskimosWife

/thread

 

[blureach]

wtf, I saw this on reddit, had a laff and moved on. I thought it was for sure fake

 

[music4mic]

lol She practically turned the thing into a Picasso.

That's an insult to Picasso. She might as well have shit on the canvas and smeared it with her fingers though.

 

[Rage9]

Find the whole, sad tale here.

I wouldn't exactly call it a sad tale. Stupid religious painting is stupid. Glad it got ruined.

 

[adamx12m]

Should have asked Costanza for help..

 

[Bill Gates]

He looks black now.

 

[jstover77]

Is that an African Finger Monkey?

 

[WickFlick]

Is that an African Finger Monkey?

THAT'S RACIST!

 

[crackp0t]

I wouldn't exactly call it a sad tale. Stupid religious painting is stupid. Glad it got ruined.

It's sad because of a piece of history is ruined forever.

 

[monies]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1498uDjST0]Joe Rogan: Retarded Jesus - YouTube[/ame]

 

[fuzzy_corleone]

Not a big fan of religion anyway.

 

[ShadowCaster]

 

[ShadowCaster]

 

[boatBurner]

TIL how to paint an internet meme.

 

[Fiver]

Norwegian gallery loses a Rembrandt in the mail - Yahoo! News

 

[fixie]

It's sad because of a piece of history is ruined forever.

And new piece of history is made, so it evens out in the end. I bet this picture will sell for millions very soon :rasta:

 

[bobby_custard]

 

[Unarmed Gunman]