Jesus Statue’s Butt Hid Secrets
A statue of Jesus Christ on display at a cathedral in Spain has been hiding a secret message for hundreds of years in the most unlikely place. It was tucked away in a hidden compartment in the statue’s rear end. “Although it is usual for many sculptures to be hollow, it is not so much to find handwritten documents inside,†said historian Efrén Arroyo, a member of the Holy Week Brotherhood of Sotillo de la Ribera, according to Science Alert. The statue, called Cristo del Miserere, had been removed from a church in
northern Spain for restoration when workers noticed the hidden compartment beneath a cloth that covered the statue’s butt,
