Dozens of stone carved Buddha statues in Wangcang, Sichuan were stolen: 13 people were held accountable, surveillance has been installed at the scene
"The incident of the theft of dozens of cliff-carved Buddha statues in Wangcang County, Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province" has aroused widespread concern.
The reporter learned from the Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau of Wangcang County, Guangyuan City that after the case occurred in January this year, Wangcang County established a special case team to fully carry out the investigation of the case; at the same time, the accountability was initiated, and 8 people have been organized and handled and the case has been filed for review 5 People, the scene of the stolen stone Buddha statue has been monitored.
The stolen cliff statue was located in Fuziyan Village, Puji Town, Wangcang County, Guangyuan City. It was excavated on a rock wall 1.5 to 5 meters above the ground, 30 meters long and 20 meters high. There were a total of 39 niches and 220 statues and 2 stone carvings. .
The excavation dynasty was the Tang Dynasty, and it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit by Sichuan Province in June 2007.
He Xiaojun, deputy director of the Wangcang County Bureau of Culture, Tourism and Sports, said that on January 29 this year, the Wangcang County Cultural Relics Administration only discovered that the Buddha statue was stolen during an investigation at the scene of the Foziyanmoyan statue. “This criminal is very cunning because the Buddha statue He was colorful in the ages. After stealing and stealing, he was colored. If you don’t pay special attention to it, it is difficult to find that the Buddha statue was stolen. Maybe the caretaker at this point was negligent in this regard and did not find the problem in time. ."
Through the public security technical investigation department and the cultural relics administrative department, it was determined that a total of 23 Buddha statues in 4 niches were stolen, including 11 heads and 12 full statues.
Most of the stolen Buddha statues were small Buddha statues about 15 cm high and 8 cm wide, and some were as big as a fist.
On the day it was discovered that the Buddha statue was stolen, the cultural relics administration department of Wangcang County immediately reported it to the public security organs in accordance with relevant regulations.
Guangyuan City and Wangcang County set up a special case team to coordinate and carry out case investigation work.
The task force visited the surrounding people, and sorted out similar cases and key criminal records that had been detected throughout the province. At the same time, they went to nearby places such as Nanjiang County of Bazhong City, Meishan City, and Banan District of Chongqing City. Visits and investigations and work docking.
He Xiaojun said, “Because the scene of the crime was relatively remote, densely forested and sparsely populated, there were no monitoring facilities around at that time, and there were no valuable exhibits left on the scene, so it was difficult to solve the case.”
After the Buddha statue was stolen, the local area fully carried out investigation work on the one hand, and initiated accountability at the same time. The relevant responsible persons of the cultural relics administration department of Wangcang County and the local towns were held accountable, of which 8 persons were organized to deal with and 5 persons were filed for review.
Currently, the public security organs claim that the case is under investigation, and the Wangcang County Public Security Bureau issued a reward announcement on August 9 to openly solicit clues about the case from the public. For those who provide clues and play an important role in cracking the case, the police will award up to 50,000 yuan. (Headquarters reporter Liu Tao)