{"id":7738,"date":"2012-08-23T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T14:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2012-08-23T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T14:08:25","slug":"destroying-jesus-with-a-paintbrush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/08\/destroying-jesus-with-a-paintbrush\/","title":{"rendered":"Destroying Jesus With A Paintbrush"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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This story is both funny and sad.<\/p>\n

It seems that the elderly woman who took this restoration project into her own hands had the best of intentions, but in her effort to recreate the image of Jesus she created a mess.<\/p>\n

If you ask me, there\u2019s a sermon here just waiting to be preached.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Behold the Monkey\u2019? Amateur art restoration goes awry in Spain<\/h2>\n

\u2013Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n

Art experts are trying to salvage a beloved Spanish fresco of Jesus Christ that was disfigured by an amateur restoration that went miserably awry.<\/p>\n

Spanish media reported that an elderly woman, upset by the deterioration of the aging 19th century fresco in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church in the town of Borja, decided to fix it.<\/p>\n

The unhappy results were perhaps most memorably compared to \u201ca crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic\u201d by\u00a0the BBC<\/a>. Spanish jokesters have christened the revamped work once known as \u201cEcce Homo\u201d -\u2013 Behold the Man -\u2013 as \u201cEcce Mono\u201d -\u2013 Behold the Monkey.<\/p>\n

Taking a more sober tone, the Centro de Estudios Borjanos described as \u201c\u201cunspeakable\u201d its first sight of the redone fresco weeks ago, while doing an inventory of religious art in the area. Though the fresco is not believed to be unusually valuable, it was treasured in the town.<\/p>\n

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