I work for a company were a predecessor made this kind of terrible code. Nobody can understand how it works. And as the product works, most people say: "He was

I work for a company were a predecessor made this kind of terrible code. Nobody can understand how it works. And as the product works, most people say: "He was a Genius". But the amusing part is the was proposed a full job and he refused it for a better paid one. Until now, it is a bit miraculous he's product didn't exploded while trying to maintain it. And each time I propose to rewrite some part, it is refused because it seems too _risky_ to touch this code. The worst is everybody is aware of the fact that this code cost very much. But nobody want to (or can) pay a bit extra immediately to redo the complete project with "clearly" some new bug that will certainly appear.