A Mexican church claims it has “accidentally” erected the largest baby Jesus statue in the world. Also an accident: the statue’s uncanny resemblance to British singer Phil Collins.
The nearly 22-foot-tall, 2,000-pound giant traveled 12 hours from the city of Chimalhuacán, where it was built for the La EpifanÍa del Señor church in the central Mexican state of Zacatecas, where it now resides.
The Rev. Humberto Rodriguez tells Central European News he only meant to commission a statue that would “fit the church,” but in so doing, he may have created the biggest Jesus/Phil lookalike on the planet.
“There is a space of between 26 feet between the ceiling and the floor and I ordered a statue measuring 21 feet, but I never intended to make it the biggest baby Jesus statue in the world,” he says.
Rodriguez had nothing to say about the statue’s resemblance to Collins, the Genesis frontman and drummer who sported a similar front hair tuft in the mid-1980s.
Today, the 68-year-old “Jesus He Knows Me” singer no longer rocks a tuft — or any head hair at all. He does, however, still have those big baby blues.
Collins’ reps did not immediately reply to The Post’s request for comment about this massive — albeit accidental — honor.
Sculptor Roman Salvador says his artwork is made of fiberglass, resin, automotive paste and automotive paint.
Upon its completion, the church began investigating the sizes of other baby Jesus statues around the world and found that the previous record-holder was just 16 feet tall and 661 pounds.
Rodriguez says he’s contacted Guinness World Records to confirm their new, inadvertent record-beater.
If the submission is approved, La EpifanÍa del Señor will be the first title-holder for “largest baby Jesus statue,” Guinness tells The Post in an email.
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