In a lawsuit in which a Korean temple claims ownership of a Buddhist statue that was stolen from a temple in Nagasaki Prefecture and found in South Korea, the plaintiff said that the South Korean high court rejected the lawsuit. I appealed to the Supreme Court on the 10th as a dissatisfaction.
A prefectural cultural property Buddhist statue stolen from Kannonji Temple in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture in 2012 and subsequently found in South Korea, Buseok Temple in central South Korea was ``plundered by Japanese pirates in the Middle Ages.'' claimed ownership and filed a lawsuit in South Korea, demanding that the Korean government, which keeps the Buddha statue, hand it over.
The district court in the first trial handed down a ruling ordering the transfer of the Buddha statue to Pusoksa Temple, but the high court in the second trial issued a ruling on the 1st of this month, recognizing that the ownership of the Buddha statue belongs to Kannonji Temple, not Pusoksa Temple. I handed it over.
Regarding this, the plaintiff filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on the 10th, dissatisfied with the judgment of the high court that dismissed the complaint.
While the Japanese side is asking the South Korean side to return the Buddha statue, the Supreme Court will continue the hearing.