The 1996 piece is constructed entirely with pearls and beads.
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Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
Workers mixed mortar and drove a scissor lift to the edge of a concrete plinth surmounted by four steel rods—supports for the Buddha, whose sandstone body would slide down them in four parts, like beads in an abacus.
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