Digging a drainage system is rarely an exciting process. But ‘rarely’ doesn’t mean ‘never,’ as was recently proven in ...

A Filipino locksmith discovered the legendary loot of a Japanese World War II general — including a 3-foot-tall golden Buddha ... to the 1-ton gold statue of Buddha, the treasure included ...

A group of Chinese villagers have travelled to the Netherlands to demand a Dutch collector return a Buddha statue that contains the remains of a 1,000-year-old monk. The villagers claimed that the ...

Now, scientists have established that an ancient Buddha statue known as the "Iron Man" was carved from the remains of a meteorite. The statue is some 24 centimeters tall, weighs 10.6 kilograms and ...

To everyone’s surprise, what was revealed was a sparkling, golden statue of Buddha beneath. Years ago, this earth-covering was deliberately created to detract thieves. Devotees, who were unaware ...

It is not the golden Buddha but the real gold Buddha. Thailand has many temples housing giant golden statues of Buddha but Wat Traimit houses a giant statue of Buddha made of pure gold. Although the ...

Dresley Robins said the golden praying buddha statue, which weighed about 40kg and was almost 45cm in height, was stolen from her Dorothy St home sometime on Sunday evening or in the early hours ...