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    Ecce dinero: Spanish turn ruined Christ fresco into money-spinner

    "...A year ago Cecilia Gimenez's botched attempt to restore a fresco of Christ inspired ridicule and references to monkeys. Now the 81-year-old Spanish artist is having the last laugh.

    The disfigured fresco has drawn more than 40,000 visitors and raised more than €50,000 for a local charity in the town of Borja since gaining worldwide attention. It has spurred the town to put the likeness on merchandise it hopes will sell for years to come. And Gimenez has even had her own art exhibit, with two dozen of her other works showing until 24 August in the town of 5,000 people..."

    http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/aug/14/ruined-christ-fresco-money-spinner

    Did Dover miss a trick?

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