Before it was removed from display earlier this month, a Buddha statue formed the centrepiece of an exhibition at Budapest's Natural History Museum. Encased in layers of clay, enamel and gold paint was a monk, mummified 1,000 years ago. The origins of this Chinese relic, just one of millions scattered across the globe, many of them plundered, were misty until a village in south-east China claimed it-and demanded it back.
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