One niche yielded a schist statue featuring a rare depiction of Siddhartha Gautama before he became the Buddha. Cascades of copper coins from the third to seventh centuries A.D. have also spilled ...

The statue of Mahatma Buddha will be built using the hollow cast ... The bronze alloy used for the statue will consist of 85 per cent copper, 5 per cent lead, 5 per cent tin, and 5 per cent ...