Research reveals Great Buddha has only half of described hair curls
Photo taken Dec. 3, 2015, shows the head of the Great Buddha statue at Todaiji temple in the western Japanese city of Nara. A 3-D analysis using a laser scanning method, conducted by Takeshi Oishi, associate professor at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science, revealed that the Buddha in fact only has 492 spiraling curls of hair on its bronze head, instead of 966 locks as described in ancient documents, the temple said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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