Corporate manager arrested for stealing Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - This photo shows more than 20 Buddhist statues confiscated by police from the house of corporate manager Itsuo Abe, 59, of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture. The Kyoto prefectural police arrested Abe on suspicion of stealing a wooden statue of a multiheaded deity, which was created in the early Edo period (1603-1868), from a Kyoto temple in January. (Kyodo)

• Product Code
• ILEA000665059

• Registered date
• 2009/3/02 00:00:00

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• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

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• 2711 × 1766 pixel

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• 240 dpi

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• 1.19(MB)*

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