The mystery surrounding the discovery of the Qingzhou Buddhas will no doubt continue to be debated.
ECONOMIST: Chinese archaeology
Had some of the Qingzhou statues, excavated earlier than 1996, found their way on to the market?
The first scholarly mention of the Qingzhou works was in 1997, unusually soon after the reported find.
Money from the show, which also toured Berlin and Zurich, will help build a museum in Qingzhou to exhibit the sculptures permanently.
He is convinced they had come from the Qingzhou pit.
To add to the puzzle, in 1988 Mr Capon bought for his museum a Buddhist sculpture of the Eastern Wei period, which dates from 535-40 and is exceptionally close to the style, material and quality of the Qingzhou sculptures.
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