Two metal Buddha statues sit on a table in Siem Reap after they were discovered by a group of children earlier this week. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Thik Kaliyann

A group of children hunting for birds in Phnom Kulen, Siem Reap, unintentionally helped uncover two metal statues of the Buddha on Tuesday after they alerted conservation authorities about a shallow ditch that appeared to resemble the Buddha’s footprint.

Apsara Authority spokesman Long Kosal confirmed yesterday that two statues were dug up from the site – one, about 27 centimetres tall, sitting in a meditation pose, and another, about 30 centimetres high, in a sitting stance.

The statues were discovered about 150 metres away from the holy site of Preah Ang Thom.

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Would be happier if the boys themselves would have dug it out and struck riches... Well, someone else will get a Porsche now... racing from one red light to the next one in the capital at night. Yeah!!!!!

Edited August 27, 201510 yr by sexybabe

I fear the only Porsche these would buy would be in a cardboard box and have DINKY stamped underneath. The condition (as if often the case with early metal) looks as if it is too corroded to appeal to collectors or a museum.

Just old ones thrown away, as you see on the roadside with many religious things just dumped there, not needed, and not wanted