Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the country's top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.