Dunhuang frescoes stolen "Pharmacists Buddha as" mysterious return

July 24 this year, the modern Dunhuang Grottoes Art Center has issued a circular, saying that modern Grottoes of Dunhuang frescoes "Pharmacists like Buddha" was open the whole bootlegging. A message, the whole nation in an uproar. But in the course of the police investigation, Shidao "Pharmacists like Buddha" has murals on August 17 in mysterious appear in the centre management staff living within the compound. At present, police are still investigating the case.
It is learnt that, "Pharmacists like Buddha" map from 1907 Bossi and the French stole the Dunhuang Cangjing Dong Juan Hua Tang Dynasty, by Mr. Li Chengxian recovery Larger drawing, murals of 210 cm high, 80 cm wide. This is the modern Dunhuang Grottoes of a mural, but also his left Dunhuang Lee cents left for the final. This year the morning of July 23, one of the guests came to Nanjing from modern Dunhuang Grottoes Art Center visit, they discovered that the painting has disappeared. July 24, the modern Dunhuang Grottoes Art Center issued a circular, saying "Pharmacists like Buddha" was open the whole bootlegging. After the incident, Dunhuang City party committee and government attach great importance to party secretary and mayor of Dunhuang Sun Yulong immediately instructed the public security organs placed on file for investigation. But in the course of the police investigation, the morning of August 17, stolen, "Pharmacists Buddha as" mysterious appear in the centre management staff living in hospital housing. It is understood that in the morning, the Dunhuang Grottoes of Modern Art Centre's management staff to get up and found that the hospital was discarded in the "Pharmacists like Buddha" murals. Management confirmed that the theft was "Pharmacists like Buddha" murals immediately after the alarm to the local public security organs. Immediately, the police carried out a survey on the spot, but why the murals will appear in the management of living in the courtyard, murals thrown into the yard, such as the specific time has not yet determined.
Hyundai built in Dunhuang Grottoes in 1996, according to the Dunhuang Research Institute is the founder and "patron saint of Dunhuang," Chang Shu-hung's will, from Dunhuang scholars cents and Lee Chang Jiahuang mother and son built the self-financing. Modern Dunhuang Grottoes Art Center currently has five caves, on the 1st overseas efforts have been completed Baoku cave wall murals production and processing; on the 3rd Cave in the September 4, 2001 held a ceremony after the caves are creative, 2,4, Cave has been completed on the 5th wall treatment. At present, the modern Dunhuang Grottoes Art Center by Chang Che-hung, the son of Chang Jiahuang responsible. According to Chang Jiahuang, then copy the painting and found a thin layer, easily peeling off the wall there the phenomenon directly in the wall murals make it very vulnerable to damage. Therefore, when the production of specially mounted on the wall in a layer of Sijuan and then posted on the wall murals Sijuan on the copy so that once the wall in question to facilitate the transfer of murals, but it also makes thieves easily " Pharmacists like Buddha "murals overall open bootlegging.