Although the restorers said at the time that the monument would withstand a hundred years without another major restoration, it was discovered a few years later that the gilding of the stars was damaged, due to the restoration technique used.
Aínda que os restauradores dixeron daquela que o monumento podería soportar cen anos sen outra restauración de grande envergadura, poucos anos despois descubriuse que o dourado das estrelas sufrira danos debido á técnica de restauración empregada.