I'll bump this up because I really like the picture (and your second version does indeed look better). Two comments, though.
First of all, the shroud/bag/curtain/material and (to a lesser extend) the shirt look pillow shaded. I know it's because of the folds, but still, the light looks rather unrealistic - I think it's supposed to come from the centre of the room, so why is the shroud illuminated from every single direction (compare the shirt, where it looks a bit better)? It seems too bright in general, maybe you could change it to a colour that matches the statues or the rest of the room, or maybe make the folds less visible (again, like the shirt).
Second, the hands of the statues in the back look a bit weird. They don't seem to match the symmetry of the structure they're upholding, and the hands closer to the edge of the picture (on both sides) have pixel clusters.