it was also called Thousand-Buddhist-Statues Pagoda. The Temple of Divine Light, a scenic spot in Beijing for hundreds of years, was unfortunately burnt to the ground by the aggressive allied ...

The Temple of Divine Light originally contained a number of fine old buildings, carvings and statues, but the Eight-Power Allied Forces destroyed all these when they occupied Beijing in 1900.

Trier officials said disputes about taking the 4.5m statue had dragged on for two years because some argued that accepting it was not compatible with criticising alleged human rights abuses in China.