According to the Korea Herald, the Kannon Temple in Japan handed over 3D data of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue to Buseoksa Temple after previously fighting a legal battle to reclaim the statue ...

NHK has learned a temple in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, will provide South Korea with three-dimensional imagery data of its Buddhist statue so that a replica can be made of it.

Historical components are given new context—in full, volumetric 3D—within the physical temple, enabling a more effective communication of detailed or complex concepts than traditional text or video ...