Index: trunk/core/units/general/cat_event_handler.php
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diff -u -N -r8705 -r8719
--- trunk/core/units/general/cat_event_handler.php	(.../cat_event_handler.php)	(revision 8705)
+++ trunk/core/units/general/cat_event_handler.php	(.../cat_event_handler.php)	(revision 8719)
@@ -1898,6 +1898,9 @@
 
 			$owner_field = $this->getOwnerField($event->Prefix);
 
+			$image_helper =& $this->Application->recallObject('ImageHelper');
+			/* @var $image_helper ImageHelper */
+
 			foreach ($items_info as $id => $field_values) {
 				$object->Load($id);
 				$edit_perm = $perm_helper->ModifyCheckPermission($object->GetDBField($owner_field), $object->GetDBField('CategoryId'), $event->Prefix);
@@ -1906,11 +1909,13 @@
 					// pending editing enabled + not pending copy -> get/create pending copy & save changes to it
 					$original_id = $object->GetID();
 					$original_resource_id = $object->GetDBField('ResourceId');
+					$image_helper->PreserveItemImages($field_values);
 
 					$object->Load($original_id, 'OrgId');
 					if (!$object->isLoaded()) {
 						// 1. user has no pending copy of live item -> clone live item
 						$cloned_ids = $temp_handler->CloneItems($event->Prefix, $event->Special, Array($original_id), null, null, null, true);
+
 						$object->Load($cloned_ids[0]);
 						$object->SetFieldsFromHash($field_values);
 
Index: trunk/core/kernel/db/dbitem.php
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diff -u -N -r8563 -r8719
--- trunk/core/kernel/db/dbitem.php	(.../dbitem.php)	(revision 8563)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/db/dbitem.php	(.../dbitem.php)	(revision 8719)
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Sets original field value (useful for custom virtual fields)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 */
+	function SetOriginalField($field_name, $field_value)
+	{
+		$this->OriginalFieldValues[$field_name] = $field_value;
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Set's default values for all fields
 	 *
 	 * @param bool $populate_ml_fields create all ml fields from db in config or not
Index: trunk/core/units/general/helpers/image_helper.php
===================================================================
diff -u -N -r8705 -r8719
--- trunk/core/units/general/helpers/image_helper.php	(.../image_helper.php)	(revision 8705)
+++ trunk/core/units/general/helpers/image_helper.php	(.../image_helper.php)	(revision 8719)
@@ -208,11 +208,13 @@
 				if ($item_image['DefaultImg'] == 1 || $item_image['Name'] == 'main') {
 					// process primary image separately
 					$object->SetDBField('PrimaryImage', $image_path);
+					$object->SetOriginalField('PrimaryImage', $image_path);
 					$object->Fields['PrimaryImage']['original_field'] = $item_image['Name'];
 					continue;
 				}
 
 				$object->SetDBField('Image'.$image_counter, $image_path);
+				$object->SetOriginalField('Image'.$image_counter, $image_path);
 				$object->Fields['Image'.$image_counter]['original_field'] = $item_image['Name'];
 				$image_counter++;
 			}
@@ -276,6 +278,23 @@
 				$i++;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Preserves cloned item images to be rewrited with original item images
+		 *
+		 * @param Array $field_values
+		 */
+		function PreserveItemImages(&$field_values)
+		{
+			foreach ($field_values as $field_name => $field_value) {
+				if (!is_array($field_value)) continue;
+
+				if (isset($field_value['upload']) && ($field_value['error'] == UPLOAD_ERR_NO_FILE)) {
+					// this is upload field, but nothing was uploaded this time
+					unset($field_values[$field_name]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 ?>
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