UPDATE 5.28pm: DRINKERS at a Warrnambool pub are downing blessed brews after an image of Jesus appeared on the bar's wall.

A shadowy figure emerged in the painted façade of the Seanchai Irish Pub in the last two weeks and has sparked much attention.

The long-haired figure is standing with hands outstretched.

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Roger Fitzgerald, a partner in the pub, said the image was pointed out to him by a tradesman.

“I was just getting out of my car in the morning and a tradesman yelled out to me to have a look.

“I said, ‘Jesus!’, and he said, ‘That’s who it is’,” Mr Fitzgerald recalled.

“Immediately when I saw it I thought it looked exactly like Christ the Redeemer in Rio.”

Mr Fitzgerald said as word of the apparition spread up to 40 people had come by in one day to take photos.

The pub is installing a screen to stop the image being defaced.

Originally published as Image of Jesus appears in pub