Botched fresco restoration artist sells painting for more than €1,000

A painting by the 80-year-old Spanish artist who became famous for her botched restoration of a Christ fresco in a church has fetched €1,080 on an internet auction site.

Celia Gimenez’s oil painting “Las Bodegas de Borja” (“Borja’s Wine Cellar”) more than tripled its starting price after 52 bids.