A statue of baby Jesus got a facelift after it was vandalized in northern Ontario — and the result is turning heads.
The Ste. Anne des Pins parish in Sudbury, Ont., says the statue, which was beheaded by unknown vandals a year ago, was recently fitted with a temporary clay head crafted by a local artist.
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The new head — a placeholder until the artist can sculpt a permanent replacement out of stone — has captured the attention of many in the parish and on social media.
Some online have compared the head, with its spiky clay crown, to a character on the popular cartoon “The Simpsons” or to the infamously botched restoration of a fresco of Jesus in Spain.
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The church’s priest, Gerard Lajeunesse, says the clash between the orange clay of the head and the white stone of the body is what’s most jarring to onlookers.
Lajeunesse says there were problems because the neck was broken on an angle and the artist was forced to alter the shape of the clay head to ensure it would stay attached.
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