A villager displays a crown belonging to a Buddha statue allegedly stolen from Yangchun village in Datian county, Fujian province in 1995.
The Dutch private collector who owns the 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside is willing to return the relic to China, if the statue is proven to be stolen from China.
A State Administration of Cultural Heritage official said they are working with other departments to secure the return of a Buddha statue containing a mummified monk
The anonymous private collector of a mummy Buddha statue announced his decision to withdraw the relic from the ongoing museum exhibition tour in Hungary.
The State Administration of Cultural Heritage has begun procedures to retrieve the 1000-year-old stolen Buddha containing a mummified monk.
Chinese and Dutch experts are calling on their respective governments to resolve an ownership dispute over a 1,000-year-old Buddhist statue containing a mummified Buddha.
Chinese relic experts have determined a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue containing a mummified monk, which is now in possession of a Dutch private collector, is a relic stolen from an east China village in 1995.
A Buddha statue, which concealed the body of a monk on a tour exhibition in Europe, is suspected of being stolen from a village in East China's Fujian province in 1995.
A Buddha statue, which concealed the body of a monk on an exhibition tour in Europe, is suspected of being stolen from a village in Fujian province.
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