  We present an analysis of light variations in UBVRI of the anomalous object
in the center of planetary nebula Sh 2-71. We refined the linear ephemeris of
the light maxima to JD{max} = 2449862.0 + 68.101 (E-96), but also identified
long-term, obviously non-periodic variations. The latter manifest themselves in
large O-C shifts, a variable profile of light curves (hereafter LC) and changes
in the mean brightness of the object. Our spectroscopic observations suggested
the presence of a superdense nebula in the center of Sh 2-71.
