A 300-year-old letter was discovered inside a statue of Jesus Christ in Spain.
The message was penned in 1777 and was stuffed inside the statue by a priest. Joaquin Minguez, priest of the cathedral of Burgo de Osma at the time, signed the document.
Historian Efren Arroyo said that it’s common “that many sculptures are hollow,” but it’s uncommon that documents are placed inside.
“The document of the eighteenth century appeared when we were dismantling the Christ of the cross,” restorer Gemma Ramírez Millares told the Mail. “The wood is hollow inside, and the sculptor introduced the two permaninos, which we have found. The document found talks about life in the town in 1777, the author, the local economy, games and customs of the time, etc.”
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