This statue of a Buddha head caused controversy in 2018 when it was removed from Sotheby’s New York autumn auction because it looked similar to a precious statue stolen from China’s Longmen Grottos in Henan province. Photo: Twitter
Over 66,000 stolen Chinese artefacts recovered last year amid trafficking crackdown says government
- The crackdown was launched by the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) and the Ministry of Public Security in 2020
- Authorities said they arrested 61 out of the 62 most-wanted suspects of cultural relic theft
This statue of a Buddha head caused controversy in 2018 when it was removed from Sotheby’s New York autumn auction because it looked similar to a precious statue stolen from China’s Longmen Grottos in Henan province. Photo: Twitter
