Statue Of Jesus ‘Miraculously’ Opens Eyes In Mexican Church Video

A ‘miraculous’ video has captured the moment when a statue of Jesus opens its eyes - and stares directly at the camera in a Mexican church.

The video - captured in Mexico’s Chapel of Saltillo - has become a viral sensation, with some users hailing it as a miracle after it was viewed two million times on YouTube.

Others, however, are less convinced, despite paranormal experts claiming that investigators have examined the footage and pronounced it real.

‘That’s so clearly a CGI effect that it’s hilarious,’ one user comments.

‘What a coincidence that there was someone there to record it,’ another user says.

Hoax debunking site Snopes says that various signs in the video point to it having been digitally edited - and being a fake.

Snopes says, ‘The best clue to the fact that the video was doctored is the fact that alterations in other areas of the image occur at precisely the same moments the eyes open and close. For example, here, in sequence, are three frames showing the statue’s eyes wide open, in the process of closing, and completely closed. Observe the changes in the shadows around the eyes and - not to be indelicate, but this is a giveaway - the change in the shape of Jesus’ right nipple.’