That entire story is a classic. In another thread, someone posted a picture of the “restored” Jesus next to a still picture taken from that alleged movie of a “Sasquatch”. It had me laughing for days!
“Just a little touch up here, a little buff there, it’ll be great!”
I love the attempt at justification from another link in that thread:
“The unconventional nature of the restored painting tells a story. The fringes of the painting are very faithful to the original, particularly in the cloth. However, the painting becomes looser, more expressionistic as we move to the center. This is reflective of how modern people have grown comfortable with the superficial window dressings of Christianity, yet tensions secretly boil at the core.
“... By depicting Christ with simian features, the piece smolders with the passion and agony of contemporary man, struggling to reconcile religion and science. Are we the divine children of god or the discordant descendants of apes? The lingering power of this question has lead contemporary worshipers to redub the fresco “Ecce Mono” or “Behold The Monkey.””
Comedy GOLD!!!