In this Dec. 12, 2018 photo, objects conservators Marianne Schmeisser, left, and Corey Riley clean the base of the statue “Saul under the Influence of the Evil Spirit” at the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh, N.C. The museum bought the sculpture, carved in 1865 by American William Wetmore Story, from Rendcomb College, a private boarding school in England. The students would dress up Saul at Christmas as characters such as Santa Claus and Gandolf from “Lord of the Rings” so the conservators are finding things such as black nail paint and glitter in the crevices of the clothing on the statute. (Karen Malinofski/North Carolina Museum of Art via AP)
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