Cecilia Giménez, Famed ‘Monkey Christ’ Restorer, Dies at 94

Cecilia Giménez, the Spanish woman who famously attempted to restore a painting of Jesus—with shocking results—passed away on Monday at the age of 94. Cecilia Giménez gained global fame in 2012 when her well-intentioned effort to restore a 19th-century fresco of Jesus in Borja’s Santuario de Misericordia church produced a…subpar result. The image became an […] The post Cecilia Giménez, Famed ‘Monkey Christ’ Restorer, Dies at 94 appeared first on Protestia.