Experts are now trying to salvage the painting of Jesus Christ in a crown of thorns, known as “Ecce Homo,” or “behold the man.” The terribly botched restoration has been jokingly dubbed “Ecce Mono,” or “behold the monkey” for the new painting’s striking similarity to what BBC called “a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic.”

The failed artist was identified in Spanish media as Cecilia Gimenez, a churchgoer in her 80s who was apparently dissatisfied with the rate of restoration on the fresco as it hung in The Sanctuary of Mercy Church near the Spanish city of Zaragoza.

The elderly woman acted without authorization from anyone, according to the Center for Borjanos, a local cultural organization which had received a donation to restore Elias Garcia Martinez’s original fresco in coming months.



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