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Priceless Tibetan Buddha statue looted by Nazis was carved from meteorite [1]

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The Guardian - Mark Taylor, 9/27/12

Relic taken by SS in 1930s analysed by researchers following reappearance at auction in 2007

The Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet.

The Buddhist statue that a Nazi expedition brought back from Tibet. Photograph: Elmar Buchner/AP
 

A priceless Buddha statue looted by Nazis in Tibet [2] in the 1930s was carved from a meteorite which crashed to the Earth 15,000 years ago, according to new research.

The relic bears a Buddhist swastika on its belly – an ancient symbol of luck that was later co-opted by the Nazis in Germany [3].

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[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/tibet
[3] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/germany
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