{"id":110103,"date":"2020-11-11T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/monkey-christ-has-some-competition-from-another-botched-spanish-restoration\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T13:41:00","slug":"monkey-christ-has-some-competition-from-another-botched-spanish-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/monkey-christ-has-some-competition-from-another-botched-spanish-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Monkey Christ&#8217; Has Some Competition From Another Botched Spanish Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Monkey Christ&#8217; Has Some Competition From Another Botched Spanish Restoration<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"r43lxo-0 hEDDLA js_post-content\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 dhDQnh align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa\" 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https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa.jpg 965w\" sizes=\"\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Illustration for article titled Monkey Christ Has Some Competition From Another Botched Spanish Restoration\" data-anim-src=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 cqfyTB no-caption\">Photo<!-- -->: <!-- -->Antonio Capel Artista | <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><!-- --> (<span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 ihpuKT js_link\" data-ga='[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=418866949515792&amp;set=pcb.418872299515257\",{\"metric25\":1}]]' href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=418866949515792&amp;set=pcb.418872299515257\">Fair Use<\/a><\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"959\" data-height=\"540\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" class=\"js_recommend\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Remember \u201cMonkey Christ?\u201d You know, the absurdly botched <span>\u201cEcce Homo\u201d fresco restoration<\/span> that went viral online back in 2012 and ended up attracting an astonishing <span>number of tourists<\/span> to Borja, the small Spanish village where the fresco is located? Well folks, the restorers have done it yet again\u2014taken a beautiful work of art and turned it into something that could have been drawn by a nine-year-old child. No, actually more like a six-year-old child.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-2 hKBnez js_video-sticky__top-limit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-3 eCMXYG js_video-sticky__bottom-limit\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ooo3c9-0 PpIMM embed-frame\"><span class=\"non-flex-video\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/ajax\/inset\/iframe?id=fbpost-https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fantonio.capelartista%2Fposts%2F420680346001119&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"fbpost-https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antonio.capelartista\/posts\/420680346001119\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">The <span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 ihpuKT js_link\" data-ga='[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/10\/spanish-statue-bodge-up-is-a-new-rival-to-borjas-monkey-christ\",{\"metric25\":1}]]' href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/10\/spanish-statue-bodge-up-is-a-new-rival-to-borjas-monkey-christ\">latest restoration effort<\/a><\/span> to draw the ire of the internet (and that of people who actually like art, I presume) is a figure carved into an early 20th-century building in the Spanish city of Palencia. Where there was once the smiling face of a woman surrounded by livestock is now, well, something else entirely. Some people say the statue\u2019s new face looks vaguely like Donald Trump, the <span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 ihpuKT js_link\" data-ga='[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/10\/spanish-statue-bodge-up-is-a-new-rival-to-borjas-monkey-christ\",{\"metric25\":1}]]' href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/10\/spanish-statue-bodge-up-is-a-new-rival-to-borjas-monkey-christ\"><em>Guardian<\/em> reports<\/a><\/span>, or maybe one of the Sand People from the <em>Star Wars <\/em>universe. I personally think it looks somewhere between one of the bizarre genetically modified Fooglies from <em>Spy Kids<\/em> and literally any of the characters from <em>Hey Arnold.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"bxm4mm-11 gamHXh js_ad-mobile-dynamic  js_ad-dynamic ad-mobile-dynamic movable-ad\">\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 bxm4mm-9 dQlBGJ\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-12 iqioLK ad-unit ad-mobile\">\n<div is=\"bulbs-dfp\" class=\"ad-container dfp dfp-slot-MOBILE_IN_POST ad-mobile\" data-ad-unit=\"MOBILE_IN_POST\" data-targeting='{\"pos\":\"mobile_inpost\"}'><\/div>\n<div class=\"bt-wrapper\"><span data-uid=\"5d260804c9-384\" class=\"bt-uid-tg\" style=\"display:none !important;text-align:center\" data-css-selector=\"ad-container.ad-mobile\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-8 bxm4mm-10 kbXecJ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Antonio Guzm\u00e1n Capel, an artist who <span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 ihpuKT js_link\" data-ga='[[\"Embedded Url\",\"External link\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antonio.capelartista\/posts\/418872299515257\",{\"metric25\":1}]]' href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antonio.capelartista\/posts\/418872299515257\">posted photos <\/a><\/span>of the questionable restoration on Facebook, was understandably upset, saying \u201cthe pictures are a bit blurry, but you can see the prank perfectly well. It looks like the head of a cartoon character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Just one question: how do I get one of these \u201cno skills required\u201d art restoration gigs?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Justice Namaste<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1ib37xr-5 jelKu\"><span class=\"iyvn34-0 bYIjtl\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" aria-label=\"Kinja icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 18\"><path d=\"M2.9 8.3c.7.2 1.4 1 1.7 1.5l3 4.9A2.4 2.4 0 0 0 9.7 16H14s-3-5.4-4-6.8C9.4 8.2 8.6 8 7.7 8H2s1-1 3-1h6.6c1.4 0 2-.7 2.4-1.2L16 2H7c-1.2 0-1.7.6-2.2 1.4L2 8v.1l.9.2z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><label class=\"peggds-0 eZRbSg\">Posts<\/label><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justiceaudre\" data-ga='[[\"Author Bio click\",\"Twitter\"]]' class=\"peggds-2 gSNUfE\"><span class=\"iyvn34-0 bYIjtl\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" aria-label=\"Twitter icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 18 18\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M12.46 1.13c-2.04 0-3.7 1.78-3.7 3.97 0 .31.04.62.1.9a10.26 10.26 0 0 1-7.6-4.15A4.2 4.2 0 0 0 2.4 7.16a3.5 3.5 0 0 1-1.68-.5v.05a3.92 3.92 0 0 0 2.97 3.9 3.45 3.45 0 0 1-1.67.07 3.74 3.74 0 0 0 3.45 2.76A7.08 7.08 0 0 1 0 15.1a9.92 9.92 0 0 0 5.66 1.79c6.8 0 10.5-6.06 10.5-11.32v-.51A7.85 7.85 0 0 0 18 2.99c-.66.32-1.37.53-2.12.63a3.95 3.95 0 0 0 1.62-2.2c-.71.45-1.5.78-2.34.96a3.57 3.57 0 0 0-2.7-1.25\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><label class=\"peggds-0 eZRbSg\">Twitter<\/label><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General <\/a><\/span>category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/monkey-christ-has-some-competition-from-another-botched-1845639980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#&#8217;Monkey Christ&#8217; Has Some Competition From Another Botched Spanish Restoration &#8221; Photo: Antonio Capel Artista | Facebook (Fair Use) Remember \u201cMonkey Christ?\u201d You know, the absurdly botched \u201cEcce Homo\u201d fresco restoration that went viral online back in 2012 and ended up attracting an astonishing number of tourists to Borja, the small Spanish village where the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200\/edhtz4ouelkcldxmrqwa.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}