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...trade in Asian relics--whether obtained legally or looted--is booming, driven by demand from wealthy Western and Eastern collectors seeking to decorate their SoHo lofts and Shanghai penthouses with everything from ancient Buddha heads to Khmer sculptures. During art auctions in London this summer, two of the brightest sales were of prized Asian objects, both of them legitimately acquired: a Chinese Qianlong-era jade vase from a private collection that went for $280,000 at Bonham's and a calligraphy-brush washer from the Southern Song dynasty that sold for an astounding $1.2 million at Sotheby...
...much to do--and that's often, he admits, as he is hobbled by a lack of funding--he heads across town to the customs house in Phnom Penh. Earlier this year, Tranet prevented a Frenchman from bribing a customs official to let him leave with an 18th century Buddha stolen from a pagoda in Posat province. The 5.3-ft. wooden statue now stands in a back-room workshop at Cambodia's National Museum in Phnom Penh. If it were returned to the remote pagoda, Tranet fears that thieves would target it again. To Tranet, there are threats on every...
...from protected monuments around the country. On Sept. 2, charges were filed against Ghia and 21 alleged looters believed to be part of his smuggling ring. Police retrieved stolen goods from some of them, including a dismantled Mughal pavilion the size of a small house and a 9.8-ft. Buddha statue that had been broken into three parts to ease transportation. Several of Ghia's foreign clients have been named in the police charge sheet, and Indian police will seek authorization through the Foreign Ministry to question them. "We have enough evidence to prepare several cases against these people," says...
...Filled with beauty, cruelty, drama, comedy, romance and violence, Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha" encompasses the entirety of life in a masterpiece of graphic literature. Deeply moral but never moralistic, "Buddha" merges the delight of cartooning with the epic seriousness of one of the great religions, becoming a thing wholly unto itself. Even if you can't achieve satori with "Buddha," you can open up another world...
...Buddha" can be found at smart bookstores and savvy comic shops...