Elderly woman destroys 19th-century fresco with DIY restoration

The Telegraph ^ | August 22, 2012 | Amy Willis

[beaversmom]

Three separate photographs of

[CSM]

Hahahaha! OK, that made me literally LOLs.....

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

What the?? Is this a joke?

[GeronL]

lol.

Who owned this thing and why was she allowed to do this?

[Joe 6-pack]

From the looks of the degradation in the earlier photos, it appears this is secco fresco, and not buon fresco. The repairs should be *relatively* easy by a competent restorer.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

You know I was wondering if she’s a lib. If you’ll notice it looks like a burka she painted on, trying to make Jesus look like a muzzie woman.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

You know I was wondering if she’s a lib. If you’ll notice it looks like a burka she painted on, trying to make Jesus look like a muzzie woman.

[Northern Yankee]

Just because you’re currently being nailed to a cross doesn’t mean you gotta be all gloomy about it. Hang in there, baby!

"Always look on the bright side of life...."

[logitech]

I think everybody is being too hard on the old gal. It’s obvious she’s not finished.

[beaversmom]

You started me up all over again! I’m crying again.

[apillar]

I’m laughing so hard at the restored picture I can hardly see through the tears! It looks like a furry hobbit type creature!

[beaversmom]

I’m glad I’m not the only one!

[BillyBonebrake]

How one person got away with this is testimony to the problems churches in Europe are facing. Nobody is going to church anymore, staff are limited and underfunded, and well gee whiz church treasures are vulnerable to neglect and destruction. This is a sad harbinger.

[WinMod70]

Well, at least she has a can do attitude. Surely she’ll get better over time.

[freedomlover]

This sort of reminds me of an Antiques Roadshow episode where some guy brought in some fairly large piece of furniture (an armoire or secretary?) that he had refinished and was very proud of it. The problem was that his refinishing had cut the value of the piece IIRC tens of thousands of dollars.

Still I think this one takes the cake. Looks like the Sea Hag in an Eskimo hat.

[cvq3842]

A terrible tragedy. It would not be much worse if she had just covered it with graffiti.

[Flightdeck]

“with good intentions”

This story is the perfect microcosm of the liberal voting populace. Then again, there ARE libs who actually intend to destroy the American way.

[windcliff]

LOL

[WXRGina]

I know this is sad, but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time...especially the last line of the article.

I laughed hard and loud, too, and I'm an artist! :-)

[Deb]

Its Chia Pet Obama!

[Charles Martel]

Looks like the Sea Hag in an Eskimo hat.

I was thinking more along the lines of: "Alice the Goon with a nose job".