Villagers in a small community have been enraged after a makeover of a Virgin Mary statue they have worshipped ... joked it was painted in "the style of garden gnomes" with "the cheapest paint ...

A huge golden statue of the Virgin Mary that has for more than a century ... Known locally as the "Bonne Mere" (Good Mother), she is 11.2 metres (36.7 feet) tall and her crown towers 225 metres ...