The iconic statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has been damaged during a storm.
Officials said the right thumb was chipped, apparently by a lightning strike on Thursday night. The middle finger of the right hand was chipped during a storm last month.
The 125ft (38 metre) Christ the Redeemer statue sits atop a steep mountain and is often hit by lightning. The statue underwent a $2.4 million (€1.8m) renovation in 2010 to repair badly eroded parts of its face and hands.
The statue is managed by the archdiocese of Rio and Father Omar Raposo said repairs would soon be made.
He said the church had a stock of the same stone originally used to build the statue, which was erected in 1931.
The statue was turned green to celebrate St Patrick’s Day last year for the first time, along with the Pyramids of Giza, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas, and the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen.
The monument sits on top of Corcovado’s Mount. More than 600,000 people travel to the statue annual through the Corcovado Railway.
AP