I think there was a story going around that, allegedly, a company carrying out work on some of the older 737-200 in the Ryanair fleet had used metal tools to scrape away the paint and had damaged the surface to the extent that the airframe was 'scrap', or beyond economic repair. I believe that Ryanair were attempting to extract millions of pounds (Euros?) in damages. Perhaps someone has got an approved repair scheme from Boeing and is 'un-scrapping' the aircraft for re-use.
Dunno, look forward to more 'inside' info on this one.
Cheers,
The Odd One