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Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has restored 118 prominent antique items under five restoration projects lasting three years. The restored items, including collections of different museums as well as those unearthed in Xinjiang, cover textiles, metalware and colored statues, according to the Museum of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. These items are about 4,000 years…

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PALENCIA, Spain — An artist hired to restore the face of a decades-old statue in Spain did such a bad job, the piece has now been nicknamed “The Potato Head of Palencia,” according to a report. The 1923 sculpture — which adorns a bank in the small northern city of Palencia — depicted a smiling…

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