Phrase which describes falsely improving something

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Is there an aphorism or proverb in English which describes attempting to improve something fundamentally flawed by dressing it with a lot of ornament?


If it's fundamentally flawed: you can't polish a turd.


There's the relatively recent one about putting lipstick on a pig.

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