Tourists flock to see botched Jesus painting restoration in Spain

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:40:00 -0500

Earlier this year, a well-meaning parishioner took it on herself to try and restore a 19th-century fresco of Jesus Christ at a church in northeastern Spain. But she botched the painting restoration and created an image so comical, now known as the Monkey Boy of Borja, tourists are flocking.

Jon Perry

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:54:28 -0500

Out of something almost sacrilegious comes new opportunities. Borja is now on the map.

A botched painting, the Internet, a viral painting of "Monkey Boy of Borja" and life changes forever.

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Tourists flock to see botched Jesus painting restoration in Spain

Jon Perry