Prof. Maria Gomez, a University of Valencia art restorer, says saving the 19th century church fresco of Jesus Christ ‘destroyed’ by a Spanish 80-year-old Cecilia Giménez’s botched paint job ...

An attempt to restore a fresco went horribly wrong, leading some to joke the artistic style went from "Ecce Homo" (Behold the Man) to "Ecce Mono" ("Behold the Monkey"). But then tourists flocked ...

MADRID — The image appears on T-shirts and cellphone covers, coffee mugs and wine labels. And the 80-year-old pensioner who just weeks ago was mortified by the global stir she created with her ...

An elderly parishioner’s attempt to touch up this cherished but deteriorating Spanish church fresco has turned Jesus into a cartoon figure. The unidentified woman, in her 80s, was upset at the ...

But the 19th-century painting of Christ has now been left disfigured and church officials are pondering what to do with it. Article continues below The fresco is of the genre known as Ecce Homo ...

Even though she destroyed her church's 19th century Spanish fresco of Jesus last month, it was has hard not to feel sorry for Cecilia Gimenez, who is 81 and was just trying to help.

The Spanish woman who messed up when she tried to restore a 19th-century fresco of Jesus, ... that a Spanish TV network says tourists are coming to see the painting. The church is selling tickets.

A classic Spanish fresco painting of Jesus Christ has been ruined after a restoration ... by Elias Garcia Martinez has been inside the Sanctuary of Mercy Church near Zaragoza for over 100 years.

When 81-year old Cecilia Gimenez took it upon herself to restore a flaking century-old fresco of Jesus on her local church’s wall in Spain last year, she… ...

MADRID — A case of suspected vandalism in a church in a northeastern village has turned out to be probably the worst art restoration project seen in Spain. An elderly woman stepped forward this ...

EAST CHICAGO | Under the artists' bold brush strokes, the iconic face of Jesus Christ in the Byzantine style emerged from the church's ceiling.