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in 1914, a fire burned in the church. Multiple pieces were lost in flames, including the
Crooked Cross. However, at the time of the fire Christ's head was in the workshop of sculptor Egide Goyes, who was restoring it between 1843 and 1845. Goyes had replaced the original head with a cast. In 1928 the
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The posture of the statue was striking: it represented a crucified Christ, but unlike more common representations, his right arm hung loose and his entire body was bent forward. Folktales attributed this exceptional attitude to (mythical) achievements. One tale is about how the statue grasped a thief
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who wanted to steal a golden crown. Historians suspect that the statue originally was part of a group of statues that represented the
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