A centuries-old Japanese Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen ... “Because it’s an ancient artifact, there’s nowhere where you can sell this piece,” he told the outlet.

Hundreds of other valuable pieces were skipped over in favor of the Buddha — the only item that was stolen. Baraka told KTLA that the statue, which he acquired 55 years ago, dates back to Japan ...

Los Angeles police recovered a stolen 250-pound Japanese Buddha statue valued ... used a dolly and ropes to remove the statue from among hundreds of other ancient art pieces housed at the gallery ...

Imura and Morisaki promptly agreed. Naka Ai carves a replacement halo for a Buddha statue. They called their venture Sanjoudou, which in Japanese means "combining the power of three" and based ...

The entire operation took less than 25 minutes. A rare, centuries-old Japanese bronze Buddha statue worth $1.5 million (about Rs 12.5 crore) was stolen from an art gallery in Los Angeles last week ...

A $1.5 million Buddha statue weighing nearly 250 pounds that was stolen from a Southern California gallery has been recovered. The weighty 4-foot-tall statue was stolen around 4 a.m. Sept.

KONAN, Aichi -- A gentle-faced giant Buddha statue with "sunglasses" in this ... at the popular tourist spot Todai-ji Temple in the ancient Japanese capital of Nara. Up close, its imposing ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3 at 10:10 a.m. E.T. A Chinese statue of a sitting Buddha has revealed ... ghost' lineage linked to ancient mystery population in Tibet, DNA study ...

A man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a Buddha statue worth $1. ... Barakat said he acquired the statue, which dates back to Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1867), more than 55 years ...

A $1.5 million Buddha statue weighing nearly 250 pounds that was stolen from a Southern California gallery has been recovered. The weighty 4-foot-tall statue was stolen around 4 a.m. Sept.