Rome, Italy
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Now you see her, now you don’t.
The face of Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni that was painted on a cherub in a church in Rome has been removed following outrage and an investigation by the country’s cultural ministry.
Meloni’s likeness appeared on the body of an angel following restoration works at the Chapel of the Holy Souls of Purgatory in the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Lucina, in central Rome.
Although completed late last year, the issue came to light at the weekend when before and after photos posted on social media showed that the original angel’s face had been replaced…