We study approximation properties of a new operator D M,1 n (f, x), introduced by Acu et al. in [Results Math 74:90, (2019)] for Lebesgue integrable functions in [0, 1]. An error estimate by the Bézier variant of the operators D M,1 n (f, x) is also obtained for the functions of bounded variation. By relevant numerical examples, the orders of approximation by the operator D M,1 n (f, x) and the modified-Bernstein-Durrmeyer operator are also compared.