June 12, 2007 | Funny Bits

No shirt. No shorts. No angel!

A gallery in Lincolnshire, England, covered the naughty bits on a painting by a local artist after receiving a complaint that the image was "disgusting and vulgar." The piece, titled "Heaven and Earth", depicts an angel, stretched out and naked.

Jade Chappell, owner of Gallery 618, decided not to remove the painting. Instead, he placed a sign over the art advising: "Certain aspects of this painting are no longer visible due to complaints. Private showings by request."

For fear of offending anyone on this site, BananaGuide has provided an uncensored version of the piece on the following page ... 

Yes. We were expecting a lot more, too!

• Gallery covers up nude male angel [BBC News]