I was chopping logs for a festive fire when I was confronted with the spitting image of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue

A DAD was chopping a log when he saw the splitting image of Jesus.

Phil Buckley was confronted with the Messiah’s distinctive profile as he prepared a festive fire.

AFP

It is the spitting image of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, pictured above[/caption]

It is the image of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue.

Stunned Phil, 44, said: “I chopped through one piece and thought, ‘Oh my God, that looks just like Jesus’!”

The HR worker then decided to spare the carved deity from his wood burner in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire.

He added: “I couldn’t bring myself to burn it — especially not over Christmas.

“We’re going to show it off to family over the festive period.

“It’s a bit of fun and people will find it funny.”