80-year-old Restorer Who Botched Jesus Painting Takes to eBay

  • December 18, 2012 22:50

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Two hand-out photos show the unrestored work (left) and the Ecce Homo-style fresco of Christ after an elderly woman attempted to restore it (right).
Centro de estudios Borjanos

Spanish octogenarian artist Celia Gimenez made a sensation last summer when she botched a restoration of a Christ fresco in her local church.

Although her intentions were good, the 80-year-old parishioner's badly rendered "Ecce Homo" ("Behold the Man") resulted in an Internet buzz with Twitter users redubbing her work "Ecce Mono" ("Behold the Monkey").

Recently, Gimenez put her own painting "Las Bodegas de Borja" ("Borja's Wine Cellar") on eBay to raise funds for a Catholic charity. The oil fetched $1,421 on Tuesday.



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