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Hilarious Buddha sculptures in ancient temple were restored a little too much
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dailystar.co.ukChina ’s north-western province of Gansu, on 19th June. The 2,000-year-old cave carvings of smiling Buddhas had been restored and repainted during a village crowdfunding campaign in the 1990s.The comical images show a pair of stone Buddhas with hilariously exaggerated smiles, with the general public now finding it difficult to believe that they appear anything like their original creators intended.Social media users say the restored artworks now look like “clowns” or “caricatures”, but a town official has denied that any major changes were made to the artworks, which are thought to date back around two millennia to a period known as the Six Dynasties (220 to 589 AD).The 14 cave carvings appear in the grounds of the local Fajing Temple,.
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