Buddhist statue stolen by Nazis made of meteorite
An undated handout picture released on September 26, 2012 shows a thousand year-old ancient Buddhist statue known as the Iron Man which is believed to represent a stylistic hybrid between the Buddhist and pre-Buddhist Bon culture that portrays the god Vaisravana. The statue was discovered in 1938 by an expedition of German scientists led by renowned zoologist Ernst Schäfer and supported by Nazi SS Chief Heinrich Himmler. A team from Stuttgart University have analysed the statue and were able to classify it as an ataxite, a rare class of iron meteorite.
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