Light illuminating his face, Russell Brand was cast in the role of Christ as the editors of the New Statesman sat as disciples around him.
The recreation of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper neatly captures the extent of the Left's worship of the now convicted rapist.
To Brand's left is the magazine's then editor Jason Cowley, to his immediate right is the then deputy editor Helen Lewis, a former Daily Mail commissioning editor.
Meanwhile further to his right, at the far end of the image is Jemima Khan, who dated the comedian around that time.
He had been asked to guest-edit 'Labour's bible' in 2013 when Ms Khan was associate editor.
He didn't make any secret of his reasons for taking part, starting his opening piece with the line: 'When I was asked to edit an issue of the New Statesman I said yes because it was a beautiful woman asking me.'
Russell Brand attends an editorial meeting at the offices of the New Statesman, in scenes likened to Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper
Later quotes from his opening piece also suggest that he made little effort to hide his true nature, with references to a 'lilo of thighs in an ocean filled with honey'.
He also wrote in the magazine – this issue titled Revolution of Consciousness – that he 'bowed [to] no one in my appreciation of female beauty'.
Writer Kate Maltby tweeted the picture yesterday, claiming it had been deleted from the internet, and said she was told not to criticise his stint at the magazine if she wanted to be commissioned by it.
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