[3] Inspired by his travels abroad he then decided to help decorate the church with murals and inscriptions, with the help of local painter Mr.

[6] In addition to the paintings and inscriptions he added 72 statues, either recovered from the previous village churches, or made with some help from locval sculptor Mr. Petit, some of the sculptures were named after saints he had invented.

[8] In 2001 the local mayor, Guy Béchet, decided to raise funds to restore the church to how Victor Paysant left it.

Using old photographs postcards, plus scrapings the artist started to create the pigments of the paint used, however it was only when a 99 years old resident saw the scale model and said the colors were wrong.

[6] The church contains the head of a statue, of the Crowned Virgin, that is dating back to the 14th/15th century and was listed as a Monument historique in 1984.