Can you imagine discovering something so grand? And how ironic, when covered in painted plaster, it was deemed an "unattractive" artifact.
See our print inspired by the world's largest gold statue - JHill's "A Toast to Thailand Print" here!
2.10.2010
A Toast to Thailand's golden treasure
Since we researched Thailand's history for our new "A Toast to... Thailand" print, we have not been able to get this story out of our daydreaming heads... In the temple of Wat Traimit sits a 13th century golden Buddha. The icon weighs over 5 tons, is 10 feet tall and worth somewhere around $13 million dollars. Disguised for centuries, its solid gold body was wrapped in plaster to keep its value a mystery to enemies and invaders. The true wonderment was not revealed until until 1957, when the Buddha was cracked during transport to a temple in Bangkok. Read more here!
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That Thailand print is fantastic-- that's such an incredible pattern! I wish I could have had that up in my apartment back when I was living in Bangkok... -X
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