This is no ordinary sculpture but one modelled on the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan which was destroyed by the Taleban in 2001. Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala ...

Standing stoically in the heart of the Bamiyan Valley ... A 1:10 scale model of the Buddha, approximately 6 meters (20 feet) high, will be built at the Afghanistan Institute & Museum in Switzerland.

The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001. on this subject: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological ...

Mutmaen on Saturday said "80 to 90 percent" of the Bamiyan Buddhas had already been destroyed. But the extent of the damage was impossible to confirm as the militia has blocked access of ...

Mountainous Bamiyan is home to a Unesco world heritage site and the remains of two giant Buddha statues which were blown up by the Taliban during their previous rule in 2001. Since retaking power ...