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5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong: Media

Explore these examples of art restorations gone awry.

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Smiling Statue, Palencia, Spain
Before and after the botched restoration of a sculpture in Palencia, Spain.
Alberto Calleja Agencia ICAL—AP/Shutterstock.com
Ecce Homo restoration
Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez: (from left) the original painting, the painting...
Alberto Paredes/Alamy
Cristiano Ronaldo sculpture
A botched sculpture of Cristiano Ronaldo in Madeira, Portugal, next to a photo of...
© Octavio Passos/Getty Images
The Virgin and Child with St. Anne by Leonardo da Vinci
Before and after the botched restoration of The Virgin and Child with St. Anne...
Photos, Alamy; (left) Album; (right) The Picture Art Collection