Amateur restoration attempt ruins artwork

Sunday, July 1, 2018
Recruiting an amateur to restore a treasured piece of artwork is probably not the best idea.

So the art conservation of Spain should not be surprised that a 16th-century sculpture is now ruined.
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Someone painted over the Statue of Saint Jorge, changing its original colors.

The botched job is now being compared to another infamous fail in 2012 that destroyed a fresco of Jesus Christ at a church, also in Spain.

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