Fresco Fiasco

[OwlHoot]

Have we done this one yet? Quite funny in a way

Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

Shame about the fresco, if it can never be uncovered without further damage. But luckily it wasn't very old, and so not a complete disaster.

If only this old lady had retouched some modern abstract art in a gallery instead - She'd have probably improved it!

[FiveTimes]

The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.

I've seen kids do better pictures

[Paddy]

Have we done this one yet? Quite funny in a way

Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur

Shame about the fresco, if it can never be uncovered without further damage. But luckily it wasn't very old, and so not a complete disaster.

If only this old lady had retouched some modern abstract art in a gallery instead - She'd have probably improved it!

Most of the damage was caused by getting the old paint off with a blow torch.

[BrilloPad]

The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says.

I've seen kids do better pictures

Its a bit like Mr Bean.

[Scrag Meister]

Wow, what a mess up.

[sasguru]

DKUATF

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...-thinking.html

[mudskipper]

I think we have the first entrant for the 2013 AndyW prize.

[Gentile]

I wonder how long the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel would have lasted if old biddys could climb ladders?

Poor old soul, she probably feels a right fool. Although I did notice that she was doing that OAP "no, I never made a mistake" thing in an interview with her on the BBC news today, which lessened my sympathies a bit. She seemed to think that because there were people standing about failing to wrestle her to the ground and stop her, that somehow constituted her "having permission" to do it.

[Mich the Tester]

Poor old soul, she probably feels a right fool.

If only she spent more time feeling fools instead of painting the messiah she'd have saved everyone a lot of trouble.

[NickFitz]

Doesn't seem that bad. Leonardo's style is quite similar: