# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DUT0S8djUMb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/55216846-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-02-03T20:45:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

"Painters used to put all sorts of things in frescoes."
 
Church and government officials in Italy have launched an investigation into claims that the face of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was painted on an angel during the restoration of a fresco in Rome.

Italy's culture ministry has sent officers to inspect the artwork in a chapel of the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina, while the Diocese of Rome expressed its "disappointment" and said it would determine who had been responsible.

The artist, Bruno Valentinetti, said he had simply restored the fresco he painted in 2000 and denied modelling the angel after the prime minister.

Tap the link in BBCNews's bio to see how Meloni responded.

(📷 Getty)

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