A huge baby Jesus statue that bears a striking resemblance to the "Jesus He Knows Me" singer Phil Collins has been built in a church in Mexico.
According to The New York Post, the 22-foot-tall, 2,000 pound statue was made out of fiberglass, resin, automotive past and car paint. It was first built in the city of Chimalhuacán by sculptor Roman Salvador, before being transported to La Epifanía del Señor church in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, where it currently resides.
Priest Humberto Rodriguez explained to Central European News that he was only meant to commission a statue that would "fit the church," and "never intended to make it the biggest baby Jesus statue in the world." Also unintentional: the statue's big blue-eyed, widow peak sporting, uncanny similarity to Eighties icon Collins.
I would church here and I’m a Hebrew. https://t.co/KU5f0CL4SI
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 20, 2019
An image of the enormous baby Christ has since been shared online, and when compared side-by-side to the Genesis frontman and drummer, Twitter had a field day, of course.
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger, singing "Su-sussudio." https://t.co/xCEA3p0UIK
— jon gabriel (@exjon) November 20, 2019
Another Twitter user found the enormous baby to bear more resemblance to actor Nicholas Cage.
Sabía que ese Niño Dios lo había visto en otro lado 😂😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/BMRaHNEAt1
— Donald J. Tron® (@ribalcor) November 19, 2019
With its completion, the church realized they may have accidentally created the largest baby Jesus statue, with their finding that the previous record-holder's statistics listed at 16 feet tall and 661 pounds in comparison. Rodriguez has shared that he's contacted the Guinness World Records to confirm their status as the new record-holders.
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