Court Orders Stolen Buddhist Statue in South Korea to be Returned to Japan
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan
The statue was likely made in South Korea in 1330 but has spent most of its life enshrined in a temple in Japan
This is the latest step in a long battle to return the revered Buddhist statue to its home in China
Image was created last fall but recently found international…
It is the first time the three-and-a-half-meter statue…
Sculpture part of the collection of the temple…