Shanxi museum holds exhibition of long-missing relic By WANG KAIHAO and SUN RUISHENG | China Daily | Updated: 2021-07-27 08:18 Share CLOSE A Buddha head statue dating to the Sui Dynasty (581-618) returns home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Nearly one century after it was lost, a Buddha head statue repatriated from Japan finally returned to its home in the Tianlongshan Grottoes in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Saturday.
The relic, dating to the Sui Dynasty (581-618), was originally set on the northern side in the No 8 Tianlongshan Grottoes, and was believed to be stolen and lost overseas around 1924, according to an appraisal by an expert panel formed by the National Cultural Heritage Administration.