BUDDHA STATUE INCITES ART WAR Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ... Having purchased the statue in 1990 for $18,000, an art dealer named Richard K. Diran, ...

A centuries-old Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery last week — and the heist was caught on camera. No arrests have been made, according to LAPD.

Arrest Made in Theft of Statue of Buddha Valued at $1.5 Million The four-foot bronze statue, which was recovered Saturday, was stolen from a West Hollywood art gallery on Sept. 18 By ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) For nearly nine decades, the Cosmic Buddha statue stood alone at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art. Museum-goers would pass by the headless, handless statue, a relic of ...

(KTLA) – Security cameras captured the moment a valuable Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery earlier this month. The bronze statue, weighing 250 pounds ...

Buddha statue with mummified monk is museum draw Updated: 2015-03-06 08:54 Comments. A Buddha statue is displayed at the Natural History Museum in Budapest March 4, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] ...

A rare Buddha statue worth over $1 million has been recovered after it was stolen from a West Hollywood art gallery. The thief remains on the run.

Researchers who reported that a potentially ancient Buddha statue is carved from a meteorite said they are not surprised that an expert in Buddhist history believes the statue to be a fake.

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard.

Security cameras captured the moment an ancient Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery. The bronze sculpture was stolen on Sept. 18 from the Barakat Gallery in B… ...