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Australia hands Ming dynasty Buddha back to China amid ongoing mystery over its arrival
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. South China Morning Post Asia is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 16 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Australia hands Ming dynasty Buddha back to China amid ongoing mystery over its arrival”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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A 500-year-old Buddha statue that was found buried by a roadside in Australia has been returned to China, leaving an ongoing mystery about how it arrived in the country. The 15cm (six-inch) bronze figurine was formally handed over to Chinese consular representatives during a ceremony in the coastal town of…
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Australia hands Ming dynasty Buddha back to China amid ongoing mystery over its arrival
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