Beast Jesus

The Ecce Homo (Latin: "Behold the Man") in the Sanctuary of Mercy church (Santuario de Misericordia) in Borja, Spain, is a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez that depicts Jesus crowned with thorns. Both the subject and style were typical of traditional Catholic art. While press accounts agree that the original painting was artistically unremarkable, its current fame derives from a partial attempt in 2012 to restore the fresco by Cecilia Giménez, then an 81-year-old untrained amateur artist and resident of Borja. Her restoration became at first a local and then international sensation. The intervention transformed the painting and was described as being similar to a monkey, and for this reason it is sometimes referred to as Ecce Mono (roughly Behold the Monkey, "mono" being Spanish for "monkey") or Monkey Christ. The work, which became an educational and tourist attraction, has not been re-restored.