"A very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic"

[JoeZhang]

Sometimes you could across a story that you shouldn't laugh at and shouldn't find funny but you just do..

An elderly parishioner has stunned Spanish cultural officials with an alarming and unauthorised attempt to restore a prized Jesus Christ fresco.

Ecce Homo (Behold the Man) by Elias Garcia Martinez has held pride of place in the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for more than 100 years.

The woman took her brush to it after years of deterioration due to moisture.

Cultural officials said she had the best intentions and hoped it could be properly restored.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

Check out the picture...

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Ooooooooooo...

 

[Lumi]

Oh my god.

 

[thestrangequark]

Oh, that's hysterical!

 

[Yoda]

I welcome this new monkey messiah. Seems more plausible than regular Jesus to me.

 

[Nerys Myk]

All hail the Lawgiver.

 

[RoJoHen]

I'm not sure the artist understood what "restoration" meant. Good lord.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

I'm not sure the artist understood what "restoration" meant. Good lord.

No, better Lord!

 

[Snowlilly]

O.o

 

[Deranged Nasat]

On the serious side, I hope they can restore it. On the not-so-serious side, that made my day. Let's hope Jesus has a sense of humour.

"My intentions were good, my Lord"

"Yes, well, on that count we have a paved road for you to follow, if you please..."

 

[Shazam!]

I can't stop laughing at this.

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

Jesus wept.

 

[danellis]

Oh my god.

No, His son ^_^

dJE

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I can't stop laughing at this.

Heh, I cracked up when I saw your avatar.


I don't think the story would have been funny if she had just accidentally slashed the painting or spilled paint on it, but the fact that she "fixed" it into looking like Jesus of the Planet of the Apes is hilarious.

 

[Finn]

To think, her kids would have the best "my old mother is getting old" story when chatting with their friends about their folks at that age.

 

[propita]

What's odd is that, had no one known she ruined the painting, many art critics might have admired it!

 

[Squiggy]

It looks like Andre the Giant sucking the soul out of something.

 

[Mary Ann]

What's odd is that, had no one known she ruined the painting, many art critics might have admired it!

This.

Bless her, she meant well, and she's admitted she screwed up. Her "restoration" job is so hilariously bad that it's impossible to be angry about it.

 

[Unicron]

 

[Gryffindorian]

That looks more like an Eskimo. Excuse me, an Alaskan native.