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News: Artist messes up century-old artwork Aug 26th 2012, 18:32 I can paint that! Wait, no I can't! Amateur artist messes up century-old artwork Quote: By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, TODAY Would you think to match your home-grown painting skills against a classical artist? Probably not, but that's just what a well-intentioned woman in her 80s did recently in Spain. Centro De Estudios Borjanos via EPA The picture on the left shows the original work, the one in the middle the pre-renovated fresco and the one on the right shows the damaged painting. The three photos above tell the tale. The image on the left is the original work, a century-old oil painting of Christ called "Ecce Homo (Behold the Man)" that was painted on a column inside a church near Zaragoza, Spain, by artist Elias Garcia Martinez. Over the years, the work began to deteriorate, as shown in the second image. According to the Centre de Estudios Borjanos, the unnamed amateur artist (without permission from the church, needless to say) thought she could improve the work and set to work with paints and brushes. The third picture is the result. Watch video here. Oh Jesus. :rip:

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