Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan from South Korea after 12 years ...Middle East

According to the Kyodo news agency, the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, owned by Kannon Temple on Tsushima, a Nagasaki Prefecture island, was handed over in South Korea to people representing the Japanese temple on Saturday.

The statue, which was airlifted to Fukuoka Prefecture on the southwestern main island of Kyushu and then transported to Tsushima by ferry, is expected to be stored at a museum after a ceremony at the temple, the source said.

In 2023, South Korea’s Supreme Court ruled favouring Kannon Temple’s ownership.

The return procedures were completed in January.

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