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- ↑ On Independence Day, India gets back its 12th century stolen Buddha statue, Aditi Khanna, PTI, LiveMint, Aug 15 2018
- ↑ How the mystery of the Missing Buddha statue was solved, Bibek Bhattacharya, Aug 21 2018
- 1 2 Gopinathan, Sharanya (7 September 2021). "Meet the Amateur Art Sleuths Fighting To Bring Back India's Looted Cultural Heritage". Vice. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
