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Amateur art restoration goes awry in Spain

Ever take on a do-it-yourself project that quickly got out of hand? One elderly woman in Borja, northeastern Spain, did just that when she undertook a voluntary restoration of a 19th-century Spanish fresco depicting Christ that went horribly wrong.

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The woman was a parishioner at the Sanctuary of Mercy Church, where the painting has been displayed for more than 100 years.


Wrong strokes: The image bears no resemblance to Jesus after the woman ‘repaired’ it. Pic/AFP

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