Stolen Buddha statue returning home after 57 years
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(CNN)In 1961, 14 statues were stolen from the Archaeological Survey of India museum in Nalanda, eastern India. On Wednesday, as part of the ceremonies for India`s Independence Day celebrations, one of the sculptures, a bronze seated Buddha in the Bhumisparsha Mudra pose, was handed back to Indian high commissioner, Y.K. Sinha at a ceremony in London. The story of how the 12th-century statue was spotted and recovered after it went missing for almost 60 years...