Statues stand as symbols of heritage, religious devotion, and historical memory. One can find a lot of statues around the ...

Thein Sein, the general-turned-president who headed a semi-democratic military-backed government, had a 32-foot-tall standing marble Buddha statue built in Naypyitaw in 2015.

Earlier this month two large garden ornaments - a Buddha head and a standing Buddha - were taken from just outsidehis front door. Advertisement Advertise with NZME. Advertisement Advertise with NZME.

Archaeologists have discovered a 62-foot Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven ...

Statues of the Buddha are among the most evocative of Asian garden art. They are beautifully crafted in every material from bronze to stone and resin.