{"id":158870,"date":"2026-10-16T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158870"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:00:10","slug":"australia-hands-ming-dynasty-buddha-back-to-china-amid-ongoing-mystery-over-its-arrival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158870","title":{"rendered":"Australia hands Ming dynasty Buddha back to China amid ongoing mystery over its arrival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA 500-year-old Buddha statue that was found buried by a roadside in Australia has been returned to China, leaving an ongoing mystery about how it arrived in the country.<br \/>\nThe 15cm (six-inch) bronze figurine was formally handed over to Chinese consular representatives during a ceremony in the coastal town of Denham in Shark Bay on Tuesday, the public broadcaster ABC reported.<br \/>\nIt will be taken to China for further evaluation to establish its history before being displayed at a museum in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3371046\/australia-hands-ming-dynasty-buddha-back-china-amid-ongoing-mystery-over-its-arrival?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostA 500-year-old Buddha statue that was found buried by a roadside in Australia has been returned to China, leaving an ongoing mystery about how&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158870"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}