123 points

Good Lord, what have they done?

Smithsonian article

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As if the end result wasn’t already obviously bad enough, somehow seeing the original manages to make it worse…

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29 points

Oh my god that’s so bad how is it this bad

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16 points

This can’t be real, at no point could any sane person look at that and think, whelp, my job here is done.

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6 points

But someone might look at that and say “oh shit I’m so bad at my job. I’d better not touch it anymore or I’ll make it even worse”

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3 points

You sure it’s not a onion article?

My dear lord, how did they even get hired?

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97 points

How does this keep happening?

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86 points

Would be funny if the same lady was behind this.

“How does this keep happening?”

“She’s the minister’s niece…”

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She didn’t do the Ronaldo one, someone else did. It would be hilarious if she had done all 3, but I find it equally hilarious that they’ve allowed 3 different people to crap the bed this badly…

Edit: I guess technically the Ronaldo sculpture started out ugly & the correction worked, so maybe it’s not in the same category?

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Apparently it’s a Spanish thing. From the article someone posted below (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-restorer-botches-carving-spain-180976271/)

Spanish law currently allows amateurs to repair historic artworks—a fact that has led many conservation experts to argue for tighter regulations in the industry.

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28 points

Are the owners of the art just contracting the cheapest possible option?

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28 points

Not even cheapest, they recruit friends and family.

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20 points

It’d be extremely hilarious if we didn’t irrevocably destroy a piece of history every time it happens.

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4 points

AI design!

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5 points

AI definitely would have done better. This looks like a child drew a smiley face on a lump of clay by poking their fingers in it.

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45 points

It looks like they used Monkey Jesus as their reference picture…

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73 points

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They’re the same picture 🤣

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Well that was restored by Dr. Bean (apparantly)

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27 points

Honestly they should just own it. Have an entire wall of beatific potato head people.

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