In 2007 residents of the village of Kosta Khetagurov made an unauthorized repair of the church after a series of appeals to the government of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic. Late plaster in the interior of the church was roughly knocked down, under that plaster was the original plaster was found. As a result, a part of this original coating was lost, and nowadays on the newly discovered parts there are remains of ancient decorative painting. There are also Greek, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian and Russian inscriptions of various eras and numerous North Caucasian ancestral signs - tamga.Белецкий Д.В. Росписи и граффити Шоанинского храма // Проблемы хронологии и периодизации памятников и культур Северного Кавказа. XXVI «Крупновские чтения» по археологии Северного Кавказа. Магас, 2010.. The eastern part of the church, closest to the village, was whitewashed.
