In 2019, art scholar Ulrich Von Schroeder published another image of the Figure of Buddha in the second volume of "Nepalese Stone Sculptures". The Facebook post by Lost Arts of Nepal said the ...
On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha ...
Officials are working with the government of Nepal to voluntarily repatriate the piece, the museum announced this month.