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updated 3:28 p.m. ET Oct. 6, 2004

LIVERMORE, Calif. - You wouldn’t expect to see a lot of misspelled words when you enter a public library.

Which is why Livermore is paying thousands of dollars to an artist so she’ll correct the words she misspelled on a giant mural in the entryway of the new main library.

Eleven of the 175 words and names are misspelled, including Vincent Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Einstein.

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Artist Maria Alquilar was initially paid $40,000 for the mosaic. Now, the city will pay another $6,000 plus her travel expenses from Miami for her to correct the work.

Alquilar blames city leaders for not catching what she calls “oversights.”