Los Angeles police recovered a stolen 250-pound Japanese Buddha statue valued at $1.5 million over the weekend and arrested a suspect in the case, authorities said Wednesday. But the suspect is not ...

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 ...

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. "Honestly, ...

A previously submerged Buddha statue in China thought to date as far back as the 14th century has resurfaced for the first time in decades, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The 12.5-foot-tall ...

An ancient Indian ivory carving of Buddha's life, a gift to Chinese monk Xuanzang in the 7th century, is a centerpiece at a ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be a skull bone from the revered Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. The bone was hidden inside a model of a stupa, or a Buddhist shrine used for meditation. The ...

Before Afghanistan’s religious zealots destroyed their famous sculptures in Bamiyan, did you know the location of the world’s tallest standing Buddha? The folks living in remote, mountainous Sichuan ...

Xuanzang, one of China's most revered scholars and a leading Indophile of his time, travelled extensively across India in search of Buddhist teachings. His writings not only helped spread Buddhist ...

In Thailand, a crew digging beneath a Buddha statue at a Buddhist temple stumbled upon stunning 1,300-year-old gold treasures, marking a remarkable archaeological find that sheds light on ancient ...

Academics in Japan are scratching their heads after it emerged an ancient Buddha statue has lost half of its hair. The 1,200-year-old Great Buddha of Nara, based at Todaiji Temple, is a 49-foot tall ...

Sotheby’s has cancelled a proposed sale of ancient gems linked to the Buddha and returned them to India following weeks of diplomatic and legal pressure. The set of 334 relics, collectively known as ...

A centuries-old Japanese Buddha statue worth $1.5 million was stolen from a Los Angeles art gallery last week — and the heist was caught on camera. The 250-pound bronze sculpture was jacked from the ...