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Honestly, the comparison of this St. George statue restoration to Ecce Homo Monkey Christ is unfair. Sure, they used the wrong type of paint and likely ruined the remaining original pigment, but it probably actually was that garish when it was made. What we think of as classic looking is really hundreds of years of yellowing and fading. People have always loved bright and sometimes tacky colours.
If we're going to talk about horrifying restorations of Christian statues, the Sudbury Lizard Christ is the one to beat.
And this quote from a priest:
"The statue had been vandalized before, at least once, maybe twice," he said. "It's always Jesus' head that goes missing. Probably because it's smaller and easier to break off."
In the past, parishioners always found the head nearby and were able to reattach it.
"This time we looked high and low. No head. No Jesus."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-jesus-statue-head-1.3812163