Fake 'golden' Buddha statues sold to Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows four of the five fake ''golden'' Buddha statues allegedly sold to a Japanese businessman by a South Korean national, suspected to be a member of a syndicate, for 6 million pesos (157,000 dollars). The National Bureau of Investigation said July 27 Kazuyuki Kimura, of Fukuoka Prefecture, was informed the statues were part of the fabled treasures buried in the Philippines by Imperial Japanese Army Gen. Yasufumi Yamashita during World War II.

• Product Code
• ILEA001078965

• Registered date
• 1999/7/27 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 1999 Kyodo News

• Media size
• 1864 × 1620 pixel

• Resolution
• dpi

• Deployment size
• 1.08(MB)*

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*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.