Stolen Buddha Statue Handed Over to Japan in South Korea

Seoul, May 10 (Jiji Press)--A Buddha statue stolen from a temple on Tsushima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, in 2012 was handed over to the Japanese side at a temple in Seosan, central South Korea, on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said. The Kanzeon Bodhisattva statue, designated as a tangible cultural asset by the Nagasaki prefectural government, wil...

Stolen Buddha Statue Handed Over to Japan in South Korea
Seoul, May 10 (Jiji Press)--A Buddha statue stolen from a temple on Tsushima, an island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki, in 2012 was handed over to the Japanese side at a temple in Seosan, central South Korea, on Saturday, people familiar with the matter said. The Kanzeon Bodhisattva statue, designated as a tangible cultural asset by the Nagasaki prefectural government, wil...