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Zaragoza, Spain, Sep 21, 2012 \/ 12:14 am (CNA<\/a>).- An 81-year-old woman whose failed restoration of a Spanish Catholic church\u2019s 19th-century fresco became the laughingstock of the world now wants the church to pay her a portion of the funds it is collecting from tourists who want to see the ruined work of art.<\/p>\n

\tCecilia Gimenez attempted to restore Elijah Garcia Martinez\u2019s peeling \u201cEcce Homo\u201d fresco of Jesus Christ at Sanctuary of Mercy Church in Zaragoza, Spain. The result smeared the features of the image to such shapelessness that it was not recognizably human and was described as a werewolf or a monkey.<\/p>\n

\tPictures of the painting spread around the world and were republished in major media.<\/p>\n

\tThe church began charging admission after tourists began visiting the church. It has collected about $2,600 in the first four days of paid entry.<\/p>\n

\tGimenez has secured a lawyer to make her case, Sky News says.<\/p>\n

\tShe suffered from severe anxiety amid the global reaction to the painting. She is supporting a son with disabilities who himself is over age 60.<\/p>\n

\tThe church\u2019s owner, the Sancti Spiritus Hospital Foundation, has asked a lawyer to defend them.<\/p>\n

\tBefore it was disfigured, the painting was not thought to be very valuable but locals held it in high regard.<\/p>\n

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