Dutch collector willing to return Buddha(2)

Chinese characters are written on the side of the pillow, which say the monk's name was Zhang Liuquan.

坐墊一側(cè)寫有漢字,表明這位僧人名字叫章六全.

The Buddha statue was included in a "Mummy World" exhibition at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, which opened in October last year. It was originally scheduled to be on display until May 17.

去年十月,匈牙利自然歷史博物館舉辦的"木乃伊世界"主題展,展出了這尊佛像,按照原計劃,該展覽會持續(xù)到5月17日.

The Hungarian Natural History Museum borrowed the statue from the Drents Museumin Assen, the Netherlands. On March 20, the Dutch owner withdrew the statue from the exhibition in order to "calmly and critically evaluate the unexpected situation," said a statement sent to Xinhua by the owner's spokesman.

這尊佛像是匈牙利自然歷史博物館向荷蘭的德倫特博物館借的.3月20日,收藏者將該佛像從展覽中撤走,他的發(fā)言人在一份聲明中表示,此舉是為了" 冷靜客觀地處理這個突發(fā)狀況."

According to Yangchun archives, a monk, living in the village in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), helped cure people with his knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine. When he died, his body was mummified and local people made a statue to hold his body.

根據(jù)陽春村的檔案記錄,在宋朝（960-1279）,村子里有一位僧人,他精通中醫(yī),在村子里治病救人.他圓寂后坐化成佛,當(dāng)?shù)厝酥�了尊佛像保存其肉�?

The statue was worshipped as an icon.

這尊肉身坐佛曾被當(dāng)做圣像膜拜.

The collector was once offered 10 million euro for the statue, but declined to sell it despite the impressive sum. If the statue is indeed the one stolen from China, the collector is willing to return the statue, but wishes that it would return to the village where it was originally worshipped, instead of to showcases at museums.

曾有人出1千萬歐元的高價購買佛像,收藏者也沒有出售.他表示如果這尊佛像正是中國被盜文物,他愿意歸還,但希望佛像能回到原本所屬的村莊,而不是進(jìn)入博物館展覽.