Stolen Buddhist Painting Returned from U.S.
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Obuldo, a depiction of Five Buddhas by 18-century Buddhist monk Uigyeom, was purchased by American artist and teacher Robert Mattielli for $10 at a Seoul antique shop in the early 1970s. What he didn’t know, however, was that it has been stolen from Songgwang Temple earlier in the 1970s. [...]
