Spanish painter Cecilia Giménez behind viral botched Jesus fresco restoration dubbed ‘Monkey Christ’ dies aged 94

THE woman responsible for “Monkey Jesus” – the butchered restoration of an historic Jesus fresco – has died. Cecilia Giménez, from Borja, Spain, made headlines in 2012 when she painted over a century-old antiquity at her local church in a good-natured effort to restore it. The flaking fresco had deteriorated after many years of water…

Source: Spanish painter Cecilia Giménez behind viral botched Jesus fresco restoration dubbed ‘Monkey Christ’ dies aged 94