The statue of the Buddha, which supposedly carved from a meteorite thousand years ago, in fact it may be not so ancient, as suggested by scientists, according to the expert on Buddhism, which States that this work of art was actually made in the 20th century and is nothing other than the fake.

Criticism does not apply to the stone from which was carved figurine is really rich in iron and Nickel meteorite that crashed near the border of Siberia and Mongolia. However, experts doubt the time of manufacture of a masterpiece.

Akim of Bayer (Achim Bayer), expert on Buddhism from Dongguk University, South Korea, said that the statue of Buddha is evident "pseudo-Tibetan features", suggesting that it, most likely, was made by Europeans in the period between 1910 and 1970.

For example, among the features of the statues include the following: on a figure similar to the European footwear, which comes to the ankles, pants, not mantle, tropophobia sleeves, not peculiar to the Tibetan-Mongolian robes, thick beard, is not peculiar to the Mongol-Tibetan statuettes, unusual one earring in his right ear and a Cape, more similar to that worn by the Romans, not the early Tibetans.

In the scientific paper published in the journal Metoritics and Planetary Science, a researcher at the University of Stuttgart Elmar Bucher (Elmar Bucher) and his colleagues reported that performed geochemical analysis of stone. Known as "Iron man", statuette of a height of 25 cm was discovered in 1938 during the expedition under the direction of Ernst Sch?fer, which was supported by the Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The expedition was equipped to Tibet to find the roots of the Aryan race.

You know, as was discovered statuette, but it is thought that a large swastika carved in the center of the figure, has led a team of researchers to take her with him to Germany. As soon as the statuette was in Europe, she immediately fell in a private collection, where he remained until 2009. After that, she became seriously studied by scientists.

Weighs 10 pounds, it was cut not quite out of the ordinary material. Bucher and his colleagues noted that the sculptor, who created this masterpiece from very hard meteorite probably suspected that this material is special.

"The fall of the meteorite was interpreted as God's message by many cultures of the world since prehistoric times" - wrote the researchers. According to Buhera, the statue was created about 1 thousand years ago by Tibetans, followers of the Bon religion even before occurrence in those places of Buddhism in the 11th century ad. However, the exact date of creation and the origin of the sculpture is still a mystery.

Although other meteorites inspired sculptors of many ancient civilizations, "Iron man" remains a very unique piece of art. "This is the only picture of a man cut from a meteorite, then we have nothing to compare this sculpture and estimate its cost, " said Bucher. - If its age, we have identified correctly, that is what it about a thousand years, this statuette is priceless".

In the new work Korean scientists said that estimate the age of the statues was premature and was first to consult with scientists on culture. In addition to age and origin of the statue Bayer also questioned the idea that this statue was brought by the Nazis at the end of the 1930-ies.

Iron Engelhardt (Isrun Engelhardt, German historian who has studied these expeditions, said the Bayer that this controversial statue, most likely arrived in Germany is not with the Nazis. Bayer believes that it can make antique market, or for the market memorabilia of the Nazis, and the story of the expedition was invented in order to increase its value.

Source: news.discovery.com