65438 10/7, the cover journalist learned from Leshan City, Sichuan Province that the case of the Buddha's head stolen in Leshan, Sichuan Province had been tried for the second time, and a judgment was recently made according to law.
Defendants Zhang, Yang, Wang committed theft and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from three years and two months to one year and ten months respectively, and fined 5,000 yuan. The defendant Jiang was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison and fined RMB 30,000. Zhang, Yang, Wang paid public welfare compensation fees and appraisal fees totaling 237,000 yuan.
At this point, this five-year cultural relics theft case came to an end.
Case: Ten Ming Dynasty Buddha statues were beheaded and stolen.
On 20 17, Jiajiang County Public Security Bureau received an alarm that ten exquisite Ming Dynasty Buddha statues located in Pangpodong, a local wooden city, had been stolen.
Pangpo Cave is located in the hinterland of deep mountains, with winding rivers and beautiful scenery. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Pang Tong's uncle Pang Degong and his wife lived in seclusion. On the huge rock wall, Pang Jushi was recorded in Pangpo Cave written by Zhang Feng in Ming Dynasty. The vivid Ming Dynasty statues on the cliff are divided into four niches, scattered around the site of Pangpodong, namely Eighteen Arhats, Thousand Buddha Cave, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and closed niches. * * * There is 105 statue, which is spectacular. The stolen 10 Buddha head is a national third-class protected cultural relic.
Stolen Buddha's head
After receiving the police, Jiajiang County Public Security Bureau immediately went to the scene to investigate. Judging from the damage marks, the Buddha head thief has a professional technique and holds a variety of crime tools.
Jiajiang police organized more than 200 police officers to visit farmers and shops in Fiona Fang several kilometers away from the crime center, and finally ruled out the possibility of local people participating in the crime. "There was a tourist who came here to play, and he remembered it very clearly. On June 23, 20 17, the Buddha was still there when he came. " By collecting clues from the whole society, the police determined the time range of the Buddha's head being stolen, but it did not bring substantial progress to the investigation.
Buddha statue on the cliff of Pangpo Cave
Detection: It took four years to capture the suspects involved.
In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and 10 Buddha's head is like a stone. Until the end of 2020, a Jianyang man named Yang Hao surfaced.
At the end of 2020, a detainee provided clues that he had seen Yang Hao holding a Buddha's head in his hand, which was similar in size to the one stolen from Pangpo Cave.
The suspect identified the scene.
After further investigation, Yang Hao came into the sight of the police. "He has been helping others collect stone tablets in Chongqing for a long time, so he is suspected." According to the police investigators, in addition to Yang Hao, they also found that in 20 16, the Mucheng police station had intercepted a man who came to rob an ancient tomb, Zhang Lin. A stone tablet was taken away and an ancient tomb was stolen. The relationship between Yang Hao and Zhang Lin and the theft of Buddha's head in Pangpo Cave in Ming Dynasty soared.
After locking in two targets, the police didn't startle them. After several months of external investigation, the task force issued an arrest order on May/February/2002 1 2.
According to Yang Hao, in 20 17, he saw an article introducing Pangpo Cave in Jiajiang on the Internet and took a fancy to the exquisite stone carving of Pangpo Cave at a glance. Coupled with the remoteness and inaccessible places, he had the idea of theft. "The principal Yang Hao confessed that it was originally organized by him. He called Zhang Lin, Zhang Lin contacted Wang Qiang and Wang Qiang contacted Wu Li. " The police handling the case said.
After four people stole the Buddha's head, because they didn't know its value, they sold it to an antique shop in Chengdu at the price of 1000 yuan, and then the four people shared the stolen money equally.
The police found the Buddha's head
Chasing Buddha: Wandering thousands of miles, returning to Pangpo Cave.
According to the accounts of the four people, the police tracked down Jiang Lin, an antique dealer who bought Buddha heads in Chengdu. Jiang Lin confessed that he sold the Buddha's head to an antique dealer named Fu in Fujian at a price of more than ten times, and then he had no contact with the other party. As for the whereabouts of the Buddha's head now, he has no idea.
"Just as we were going to Fujian to find a businessman named Fu, Jiang Lin's father called me and said that he had helped us find the Buddha's head. Now he is in Chengdu. " A phone call from Jiang Lin's father made the police extremely excited.
In June of 20021year, the police of the task force rushed to a logistics warehouse in Chengdu and saw the stolen 10 Buddha head. According to the businessman surnamed Fu, he bought the Buddha's head from Jianglin at a price of 1.25 million yuan, and planned to use it as a carving template. However, because the craft was not well mastered, it ran aground. I heard that Jiang Lin was arrested and quickly returned the Buddha's head.
Appraised by cultural relics experts, the Buddha's head has been wandering for four years, but it is still well preserved.
The case of Buddha's head stolen in Leshan, Sichuan Province was recently decided according to law.
Judgment: 5 people were sentenced.
In June and August, 2022, Jiajiang County People's Court held court sessions through the Internet, and twice conducted public interest litigation on criminal cases of theft.
Recently, Jiajiang County People's Court made a judgment on this case according to law. The court held that the facts of the five crimes were clear and the evidence was sufficient, and a judgment was made in court.
Defendants Zhang, Yang, Wang committed theft and were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from three years and two months to one year and ten months respectively, and fined 5,000 yuan. The defendant Jiang was sentenced to one year and ten months in prison and fined RMB 30,000. Zhang, Yang, Wang paid public welfare compensation fees and appraisal fees totaling 237,000 yuan.