diff --git a/docs/templates-processing.rst b/docs/templates-processing.rst
index af03b24586..5e778ed810 100644
--- a/docs/templates-processing.rst
+++ b/docs/templates-processing.rst
@@ -23,3 +23,12 @@ multirow from a single row in a template by using ``TemplateProcessor::cloneRow`
 See ``Sample_23_TemplateBlock.php`` for example on how to clone a block
 of text using ``TemplateProcessor::cloneBlock`` and delete a block of text using
 ``TemplateProcessor::deleteBlock``.
+
+You can also replace text block template with a picture.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+    $templateProcessor = new TemplateProcessor('Template.docx');
+    $templateProcessor->setImg('LOGO',array('src' => '../assets/picture.png','size'=>array(0=>300, 1=>150)));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
index 7a5eaf55bb..2caa9c7264 100644
--- a/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
+++ b/src/PhpWord/TemplateProcessor.php
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ class TemplateProcessor
      */
     protected $tempDocumentFooters = array();
 
+    protected $_rels;
+    protected $_types;
+
     /**
      * @since 0.12.0 Throws CreateTemporaryFileException and CopyFileException instead of Exception
      *
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ public function __construct($documentTemplate)
             $index++;
         }
         $this->tempDocumentMainPart = $this->fixBrokenMacros($this->zipClass->getFromName($this->getMainPartName()));
+        $this->_countRels=100;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -193,7 +197,7 @@ protected static function ensureMacroCompleted($macro)
      */
     protected static function ensureUtf8Encoded($subject)
     {
-        if (!Text::isUTF8($subject)) {
+        if (!StringUtils::isValidUtf8($subject)) {
             $subject = utf8_encode($subject);
         }
 
@@ -323,7 +327,7 @@ public function cloneBlock($blockname, $clones = 1, $replace = true)
     {
         $xmlBlock = null;
         preg_match(
-            '/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p\b.*>\${' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p\b.*\${\/' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)/is',
+            '/(<\?xml.*)(<w:p.*>\${' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)(.*)(<w:p.*\${\/' . $blockname . '}<\/w:.*?p>)/is',
             $this->tempDocumentMainPart,
             $matches
         );
@@ -394,6 +398,12 @@ public function save()
         }
 
         $this->zipClass->addFromString($this->getMainPartName(), $this->tempDocumentMainPart);
+        if($this->_rels!=""){
+            $this->zipClass->addFromString('word/_rels/document.xml.rels', $this->_rels);
+        }
+        if($this->_types!=""){
+            $this->zipClass->addFromString('[Content_Types].xml', $this->_types);
+        }
 
         foreach ($this->tempDocumentFooters as $index => $xml) {
             $this->zipClass->addFromString($this->getFooterName($index), $xml);
@@ -406,6 +416,100 @@ public function save()
 
         return $this->tempDocumentFilename;
     }
+	
+    /**
+     * Replace a block with a picture.
+	 * Code from https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord/issues/708
+     *
+     * @param string $strKey the string to replace
+     * @param array $img the informations about the image. Associative array : 'src' => 'path.png', 'size'=>array(0=>width, 1=>height)
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function setImg( $strKey, $img){
+        $strKey = '${'.$strKey.'}';
+        $relationTmpl = '<Relationship Id="RID" Type="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships/image" Target="media/IMG"/>';
+
+        $imgTmpl = '<w:pict><v:shape type="#_x0000_t75" style="width:WIDpx;height:HEIpx"><v:imagedata r:id="RID" o:title=""/></v:shape></w:pict>';
+
+        $toAdd = $toAddImg = $toAddType = '';
+        $aSearch = array('RID', 'IMG');
+        $aSearchType = array('IMG', 'EXT');
+        $countrels=$this->_countRels++;
+        //I'm work for jpg files, if you are working with other images types -> Write conditions here
+        $imgExt = 'jpg';
+        $imgName = 'img' . $countrels . '.' . $imgExt;
+
+        $this->zipClass->deleteName('word/media/' . $imgName);
+        $this->zipClass->addFile($img['src'], 'word/media/' . $imgName);
+
+        $typeTmpl = '<Override PartName="/word/media/'.$imgName.'" ContentType="image/EXT"/>';
+
+
+        $rid = 'rId' . $countrels;
+        $countrels++;
+        list($w,$h) = getimagesize($img['src']);
+
+        if(isset($img['swh'])) //Image proportionally larger side
+        {
+            if($w<=$h)
+            {
+                $ht=(int)$img['swh'];
+                $ot=$w/$h;
+                $wh=(int)$img['swh']*$ot;
+                $wh=round($wh);
+            }
+            if($w>=$h)
+            {
+                $wh=(int)$img['swh'];
+                $ot=$h/$w;
+                $ht=(int)$img['swh']*$ot;
+                $ht=round($ht);
+            }
+            $w=$wh;
+            $h=$ht;
+        }
+
+        if(isset($img['size']))
+        {
+            $w = $img['size'][0];
+            $h = $img['size'][1];
+        }
+
+
+        $toAddImg .= str_replace(array('RID', 'WID', 'HEI'), array($rid, $w, $h), $imgTmpl) ;
+        if(isset($img['dataImg']))
+        {
+            $toAddImg.='<w:br/><w:t>'.$this->limpiarString($img['dataImg']).'</w:t><w:br/>';
+        }
+
+        $aReplace = array($imgName, $imgExt);
+        $toAddType .= str_replace($aSearchType, $aReplace, $typeTmpl) ;
+
+        $aReplace = array($rid, $imgName);
+        $toAdd .= str_replace($aSearch, $aReplace, $relationTmpl);
+
+
+        $this->tempDocumentMainPart=str_replace('<w:t>' . $strKey . '</w:t>', $toAddImg, $this->tempDocumentMainPart);
+        //print $this->tempDocumentMainPart;
+
+        if($this->_rels=="")
+        {
+            $this->_rels=$this->zipClass->getFromName('word/_rels/document.xml.rels');
+            $this->_types=$this->zipClass->getFromName('[Content_Types].xml');
+        }
+
+        $this->_types       = str_replace('</Types>', $toAddType, $this->_types) . '</Types>';
+        $this->_rels        = str_replace('</Relationships>', $toAdd, $this->_rels) . '</Relationships>';
+    }
+
+    function limpiarString($str) {
+        return str_replace(
+            array('&', '<', '>', "\n"),
+            array('&amp;', '&lt;', '&gt;', "\n" . '<w:br/>'),
+            $str
+        );
+    }
 
     /**
      * Saves the result document to the user defined file.