diff --git a/tests/test_magazine_routes.py b/tests/test_magazine_routes.py
index 36fced5..f99e5b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_magazine_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_magazine_routes.py
@@ -2235,20 +2235,32 @@ class DeletePictureTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(json.dumps(layout, sort_keys=True), snapshot)
         self.assertEqual(self.ids(delete_region(layout, "nope")), self.ids(layout))
 
-    def test_the_real_page_159_pictures_leave_nothing_behind(self):
-        """Measured on the production c't issue: deleting either picture of page 159 used to leave its empty figure block."""
+    def test_a_page_laid_out_like_the_real_page_159_leaves_nothing_behind(self):
+        """Page 159 of the production c't issue had two picture regions, each stored as a figure block plus a region
+        image, and two hand-drawn pictures; deleting either region image used to leave its empty figure block. A fixed
+        copy of that shape, not the live file (which the reader edits)."""
         import copy
         from core.magazine import delete_region
-        path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "config" / "reader_library" / "bd871c7c22f0449984d3b0e3d603d6d6" / "layout.json"
-        if not path.is_file():
-            self.skipTest("the production layout is not on this machine")
-        real = json.loads(path.read_text("utf-8"))
+        real = {"pages": [{"page": 159, "width": 580.0, "height": 680.0}], "blocks": [
+            {"id": "b0159-v008", "page": 159, "bbox": [75, 204, 121, 136], "type": "figure", "text": "", "reading_order": 3},
+            {"id": "b0159-v011", "page": 159, "bbox": [202, 204, 121, 224], "type": "figure", "text": "", "reading_order": 5},
+            {"id": "b0159-v001", "page": 159, "bbox": [75, 60, 250, 120], "type": "body", "text": "Fliesstext.", "reading_order": 1}],
+            "images": [
+            {"id": "p0159-region-b0159-v008", "page": 159, "bbox": [75, 204, 121, 136], "source_block": "b0159-v008", "type": "figure"},
+            {"id": "p0159-region-b0159-v011", "page": 159, "bbox": [202, 204, 121, 224], "source_block": "b0159-v011", "type": "figure"},
+            {"id": "p0159-manual-000", "page": 159, "bbox": [393, 301, 164, 327], "source_block": None},
+            {"id": "p0159-manual-001", "page": 159, "bbox": [150, 360, 39, 59], "source_block": None}]}
         for image_id, block_id in (("p0159-region-b0159-v008", "b0159-v008"), ("p0159-region-b0159-v011", "b0159-v011")):
             after = delete_region(copy.deepcopy(real), image_id)
             self.assertNotIn(block_id, {b["id"] for b in after["blocks"]})
             self.assertNotIn(image_id, {i["id"] for i in after["images"]})
             self.assertEqual(len(after["blocks"]), len(real["blocks"]) - 1)
             self.assertEqual(len(after["images"]), len(real["images"]) - 1)
+            self.assertIn("b0159-v001", {b["id"] for b in after["blocks"]})          # the text is still there
+        for manual in ("p0159-manual-000", "p0159-manual-001"):
+            after = delete_region(copy.deepcopy(real), manual)
+            self.assertEqual(len(after["blocks"]), len(real["blocks"]))                # a hand-drawn picture takes nothing else
+            self.assertEqual(len(after["images"]), len(real["images"]) - 1)
 
     def test_clean_up_retypes_what_earlier_deletes_left_behind_but_not_real_pictures(self):
         from core.magazine import clean_up_regions