Buddha Statues

Buddha Statues

The jade Buddha statue resembling Than Shwe, near the southern entrance of Shwedagon pagoda (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Buddha statue that looks like former dictator Than Shwe to be ‘fixed’ or removed from Shwedagon pagoda
Chinese president Xi Jinping is among those who have visited the statue
Published on Jul 9, 2020
Pictures of the unusual statues went viral in 2017
‘Unpleasant to look at’: officials remove goofy Buddha statues donated by top generals 
Former dictator Than Shwe and other top officials donated the carvings, whose strange gestures were a superstitious bid to keep power
Jul 8, 2020