CHENNAI, India (RNS) Authorities in India’s majority-Christian Meghalaya state have confiscated all copies of a text book that contains a picture of Jesus holding a can of beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

The controversial picture was discovered in a cursive writing book that was being used at a private school in the capital city of Shillong. It depicted the picture of Jesus on the page for the letter “I,” to represent “Idol.”

 State education minister Ampareen Lyngdoh condemned the illustration.

Copies of the book were ready for distribution in at least 10 more Meghalaya schools before the picture was brought to the attention of authorities. Outraged local Christian leaders urged India’s federal government to take action against the publisher.