Elderly Woman Admits To Ruining Fresco Of Jesus

If success were linked to positive intentions, we’d all be praising Cecilia Gimenez for her brilliant work on 19th-century artist Elias Garcia Martinez’s fresco of Jesus Christ. Since success is actually linked to training, skill level, diligence and competence, however, most of the world is wondering why an eighty-year-old woman thought she could restore a treasured piece of art.

The damaged fresco was discovered earlier this week after the artist’s descendants offered to make a donation to the Spanish church where the work was housed. At first glance, officials thought someone had broken in and vandalized the fresco, but Gimenez came forward to say she’d messed it up during an attempt to restore her favorite piece of Jesus-related art. You can take a look at her handy work below…

If you take it from Gimenez, that horrifying mess was done with the priest’s full approval in the middle of the church. If you take it from the authorities, that horrifying mess was done without anyone’s knowledge. Where the truth lies is unclear, but if the prosecutors decide to press charges, which according to The New York Times they might, it’s unlikely they’ll get much support.

The general public, thus far, has been very invested in what happened, but the collective response has featured a lot more laughs than angry diatribes. No one wants to see an old woman with the best of intentions dragged to court, even if she did make Jesus look like a second grade art project.