Having purchased the statue in 1990 for $18,000, an art dealer named Richard K. Diran, who now lives in Bangkok, had consigned it to Sotheby’s for sale.

Explore the intricate process of making a giant golden Buddha statue, guided by the expertise of a traditional sculpture ...

$1.5M bronze Buddha statue stolen from art gallery: ‘Like a museum heist-type thing’ by: Jacqueline Sarkissian, Vivian Chow Posted: Sep 23, 2023 / 01:45 PM EDT Updated: Sep 23, 2023 / 12:44 PM EDT ...

Security cameras captured the moment an ancient Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery. The bronze sculpture was stolen on Sept. 18 from the Barakat Gallery in ...

Updated: 2015-03-06 08:54 Comments A Buddha statue is displayed at the Natural History Museum in Budapest March 4, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) For nearly nine decades, the Cosmic Buddha statue stood alone at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art. Museum-goers would pass by the headless, handless statue, a relic of ...

As Gianluca Mezzofiore reports for CNN, the 12th-century Buddha has been identified as one of 14 statues that were swiped from the Archaeological Museum in Nalanda, eastern India in 1961.

In 1961, 14 statues were stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India site museum in Nalanda, eastern India. Now one is to make the journey home.

Ancient Buddha statue worth $1.5 million recovered after California art gallery The heavy and pricey Buddha statue was stolen from Barakat Gallery in the Beverly Grove area.