Stolen Buddha head finally returns home

After two decades overseas, a stolen 1,500-year-old Buddha head returned home on Friday.

The 47-cm Buddha head belonged to a statue in a pagoda at Youju Temple in Hebei province. It was carved in white marble following an edict of Gao Rui, a royal family member from the Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550-577).

However, the head was stolen in 1996, and the rest of the statue was later moved to Hebei Museum in the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang.