This invention relates to a saturated polyester bottle-shaped container and a method of fabricating the same from a material such as polyethylene terephthalate incorporating high transparency and superior mechanical surface strength. The hard coating is formed by the steps of coating an ultraviolet curable coating of methyl methacrylate resin on the surface of the body and irradiating ultraviolet rays over the surface of the body coated with the hard coating. Thus, the bottle-shaped container can largely enhance the wear resistance and extreme smoothness of the surface to eliminate dirt adherence onto the surface. In a second embodiment, an ultraviolet ray curable coating is coated onto the bottle, followed by a transparent resin coating which is cross linked with the ultraviolet ray curable coating.