Afghan Buddhas resurrected in China — “A Chinese entrepreneur is attempting to resurrect the giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taleban regime in Afghanistan by building replicas of them in China.

The project is the idea of Liang Shi-mian, who expects them to be finished early next year.

He has begun building a towering red stone version of one of the Bamiyan statues in his country’s Buddhist heartland.

Some 375 stonecutters and carvers are working all hours to complete the 121ft sculpture by March, the one year anniversary of the destruction of the originals.” ITN