Elderly Woman Who Botched Religious Fresco Demands Royalties

THE TELEGRAPH
By Fiona Govan

Ecce Homo by 19th-century painter Elías García Martínez
on the walls of the church of Santuario de Misericordia. Photo: gawker.com

SPAIN---The elderly Spanish woman who ruined a religious fresco with her botched restoration is now demanding royalties from her work after it became an unlikely tourist attraction. Cecilia Gimenez, who is in her 80s, made headlines across the world after attempting a DIY restoration that left the 19th century fresco of Christ at her local church in Borja resembling a monkey. The altered image of Ecce Homo – Behold the Man – became an internet sensation and sent thousands of curious sightseers to the Sanctuario de Misericordia to laugh at her handiwork. Lawyers acting for Mrs Gimenez now insist she should be entitled to a cut of the profits, which she wants to go towards a charity of her choice. [link]