India's Buddhist traditions left their trail of ascetic uniqueness in ancient Egypt. A statue of Buddha, the reverent ascetic who founded Buddhism, has been discovered in Egypt's seaport of Berenice on the Red Sea, about 900 km south of Cairo and nearly 3800 km west of ancient India's port city of Khambat in the present-day Gujarat state.

India-Egypt ancient ties: Buddha statue's discovery points to deep civilisational links

The Culture Minister of Thailand, Itthiphol Kunplome, recently acquired an antique gold crown from the United States, which was part of a Buddha statue believed to be around 500 years old.

500-year-old gold crown of a Buddha statue returned to Thailand from US

Chinese officials in Sichuan province are arresting Tibetan monks and assaulting them on suspicion of informing outsiders about the destruction of a 99-foot tall Buddha monument in the country's Luhuo county (Drago).

Buddhist monks beaten, arrested for sharing 99-foot tall Buddha statue destruction news

Chinese furniture maker Hong Jinshi first created a couple of pint-sized statues of former U.S. President Donald Trump meditating in a Buddhist pose as a fun project for himself last year. Six months on, Hong's amusing hobby has turned into a small side-hustle, with a workshop in the town of Dehua in Fujian province on track to produce an inaugural batch of 250 statues of Trump dressed in Buddhist robes with his legs crossed.

Buddhism & Donald Trump- sounds amusing? Trump's Buddha statue a hit on Chinese e-commerce website

A night with Buddha: How statue of religious leader returned virtually in Afghanistan

Four persons have been arrested in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for vandalising a rare statue of Gautam Buddha discovered during excavation at an agriculture farm, police said on Saturday.

Four persons arrested for vandalising rare Buddha statue in Pakistan

Four persons have been arrested in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province for vandalising a rare statue of Gautam Buddha discovered during excavation at an agriculture farm, police said on Saturday.

4 persons arrested for vandalising rare Buddha statue in Pakistan

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