Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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