Construction took nine years, from 1922 to 1931 and cost the equivalent of US$250,000 ($3,300,000 in 2013). The monument was opened on October 12, 1931.
The statue was struck by lightning during a violent electrical storm on Sunday, February 10, 2008 and suffered some damage on the fingers, head and eyebrows. A restoration effort was put in place by the Rio de Janeiro state government and archdiocese to replace some of the outer soapstone layers and repair the lightning rods installed on the statue.

These are statue sizes to compare to each other the biggest is the cultured statue and the statue of Jesus in Brazil is at the fourth place blow lady library and another statue.