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<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Apr 7 2008, 02:39 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Apr 7 2008, 02:39 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I recall reading how christo colonials also used to make a practise out of stealing sacred Buddhas from village temples in E and SE Asia in order to net a profit from the bejewelled vigrahams (sometimes the vigrahams themselves were made of gold, sometimes of emerald or was it jade).
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There are many monasteries in Nepal along the Everest trekker routes which give similar evidence of Buddha theft. Many monasteries have lines of golden Buddhas, of which a few are invariably stolen by westerners. This has been documented by television programs.