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Stolen Goryeo Buddha statue to be returned to Japan after 13 years
A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea ... In 2012, the theft ring smuggled two statues from Tsushima. One, a standing Amitabha Buddha statue, was returned to Tsushima’s Kaijin Shrine ...
The Korea Herald1mon
Stolen from Japan, Buddha statue to be returned
The Gilt-bronze Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ... The nine Korean smugglers who took the statue out of Japan also stole a standing Buddha statue in stone, but Korean prosecutors returned ...
The Korea Times27d
Goryeo-era Buddha statue, looted by Japan, returns home temporarily after 647 years
People can visit and see the Gilt-bronze Seated Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 50.5-centimeter-tall Buddhist statue from the 918-1392 Goryeo Dynasty, from Saturday until Buddha's Birthday that ...