BREAKING MY ART! The most hilariously botched art restorations – from a ‘Monkey Christ’ painting to a ‘Lisa Simpson Jesus’ statue ...

Sweet monkey Jesus, it's a hit! A Spanish painter's botched fresco restoration, which made the Son of God look more like the Son of Alf, raised £50,000 ($72,500) from more than 70,000 visitors ...

The “Monkey Christ” is one of the funniest images in history, even though—and maybe in part because—it was only made possible through a monumental fuck-up of an art restoration project.

A painting by the 80-year-old Spanish artist who became famous for her botched restoration of a Christ fresco in a small-town church has fetched €1,080 ($1,421) on eBay ...

The company gave the job to a local teacher, who slathered the 500-year-old piece in brightly-colored paint. Karmacolor posted a since-deleted video of the "restoration" on Facebook, and ...

The disfigured Murillo has caused a similar incredulous and shocked response as the 2012 "Monkey Christ" fiasco, caused when an 81-year-old parishioner of the Santuario de Misericordia—a former ...

It was an unholy mistake — that became one town’s miracle. In 2012, an amateur art restorer in the small village of Borja, Spain, turned her attention to a fresco of Jesus Christ called ...

Cecilia Gimenez, the 82-year-old “Monkey Christ Painter,” will launch her first art exhibition this Tuesday. Isn’t that just bananas? Dominique Cuce. About; Contact; Help; Careers; ...

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Church officials have gone ape after a pensioner tried to restore a faded painting and ended up making Jesus Christ look like a monkey. 80-year-old Celia Gimenez decided to touch up the worn ...

A priceless 17th-century painting of the Virgin Mary by baroque artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo has become the latest piece of art ruined by a botched restoration job.. A private art collector in ...