Ankhnaten also insisted on realism in Pharonic art - i.e. images of him and his family should be made “with warts and all”. For instance Ankhnaten is often shown with a paunch.
Sounds like this statue of his wife Nefertiti was remodelled after the fact - perhaps at Nefertiti’s insistence!
She is one of the few who actually looked good even by today’s standards. There is a huge amount of misinformation out there about Egyptians.
Fro instance, Cleopatra instead of being a Negro as she is regularly portrayed on TV, Movies etc., Was almost pure blooded Macedonian Greek and had blonde hair,fair skin and had no connection of any kind to any Sub-Saharan people except as master to them.
Also Ramses the Great had red wavy hair and that is not in dispute. They know for sure he did, Yet I don’t think he has ever been portrayed that way. I predict that in some future film he will be portrayed by Morgan Freeman. or The Rock.
I hate historical inaccuracies, especially when it is being used to push some radical social agenda which is based on lies. purposely misleading ideas and even more lies.