LONDON — A 16th-century wooden statue of St. George, venerated as a Christian martyr who killed a dragon to rescue a Libyan king’s daughter, has been unrestored in Spain to all its slightly ...

Instead of returning the statue to its original glory, the so-called restoration left St. George looking more like a childish model of a cartoon character than a precious piece of art.

Five hundred years in an alcove of a Spanish church is likely to leave any statue looking a bit cracked and faded, and the 16th-century wooden figure of St. George at St. Michael’s Church in ...

The statue in Estella, portraying St. George charging the dragon, had turned a dark brown with age. After the restoration, photos of a pink-faced St. George wearing a flashy red and gray armor ...

Turns out art restoration can be kind of tricky. Exhibit A: The 16 th-century St. George statue at a church in Estella in northern Spain. The paint on the wooden statue, being centuries old, had ...

L to R: The statue of St. George prior to 2018 restoration attempt, statue post-restoration, and statue following recent "unrestoration" Courtesy of Navarre regional government When a botched ...

An image shared on X claims to show a statue of St. Michael the Archangel slaying a dragon outside the United Nations (UN) building. Verdict: Misleading The image shows St. George, not St. Michael.

Photo: St George’s parish archives Caruana “for the iron for the niche of the statue of St George”. Moreover, Azzopardi himself must have done some final touches on the statue in 1840-1841.

Il-Kuntratt tal-Istatwa Titulari ta’ San Ġorġ tar-Rabat, Għawdex, 2 ta’ April 1838 (The Contract of the Titular Statue of St George of Rabat, Gozo, April 2 1838) is the name of a new ...

St George statue before restoration. Credit: Screengrab "I saw photographs of the atrocity they were committing," she said. "As a professional, I feel disconcerted and very offended.