Italian Art Restorers Accused of Censoring Phallic Fresco (VIDEO)

A 746-year-old fresco called "The Tree Of Fertility" is at the center of a scandal in Italy, after artists restoring the work appear to have removed several phalluses from the piece.

The painting used to feature a tree festooned with penises and testicles, several of which are now missing, following the restoration work.

The restoration team deny that the censorship was intentional, saying that chemicals used in the process may have caused the phallic images to disappear.

Comments

[dill pickles]

12:56 PM on 08/29/2011

The better pick them before they go to seed......

[Rideropurplesage]

02:56 PM on 08/23/2011

I claim the damage was incidental........ this is a case of the earliest scratch and sniff painting known to mankind.

[InsuranceHunter]

09:34 PM on 08/22/2011

Hey.....those peckers lived a long time before they met their demise!

[porscheracn]

09:33 PM on 08/22/2011

a 700 year old painting of dongs was ruined ... wow ill lose sleep over this one! .. who sits down with a paintbrush and says ...hmmm think ill paint a hundred penises'

[GraphicMatt]

01:16 PM on 08/23/2011

Seriously....you looked at that fresco and all you saw were the dongs?

[porscheracn]

10:21 AM on 08/24/2011

Actually due to the italian art restorers I didn't see a single one..

[Rainey Allen]

09:24 PM on 08/22/2011

I KNEW I had to read the comments on this story!!! Although destroying a masterpiece IS criminal and they should be held accountable, I have to thank all on here for the hilarious comments. I needed to laugh and when I read the article title, I knew this was the place.

[standupgrllz]

10:02 PM on 08/22/2011

i was gonna say the same thing rainey!!! ha haha......thanks for the giggles everyone!!!!

[bhtxd004]

09:18 PM on 08/22/2011

If they rub the cleaning cloth gently back and forth accross the painting they might grow back

[grayplace]

09:16 PM on 08/22/2011

I need some of those chemicals to get rid of some of the d!cks I know.

[gardnerw2]

09:52 PM on 08/22/2011

Now thats Funny!!! Thanks

[grayplace]

09:58 PM on 08/22/2011

Thanks!

[Kev Bat]

09:12 PM on 08/22/2011

You should never be proud of your short-comings .
Look out ...That Oscar statue dude is naked too !

[ntr721]

09:09 PM on 08/22/2011

The materials used may have caused them to disappear.. And that is why these restoriers are call
"experts" lol

[liephman88]

08:47 PM on 08/22/2011

And the Church Lady said she just kept rubbing the dirt off the penis and spitting on it and rubbing it harder til it got off.... I mean came!...... I mean came off!!!

[fredyacht1]

08:36 PM on 08/22/2011

Maybe these are the same people that altered Obama's birth certificate!

[fredyacht1]

08:27 PM on 08/22/2011

Just fertilize with Viagra....they grow back

[nornosirrah]

08:25 PM on 08/22/2011

come on i can see one penis being erased by those strong chemicals but all of them and the testicals too. they should be put in jail!!!!!

[tulfs]

08:25 PM on 08/22/2011

Cock blockers!

[dtruckdrivinfool]

08:00 PM on 08/22/2011

Ah, the case of the disappearing penis. We probably won't hear much more about this...they'll get a "gag" order.