Ottawa Buddha statue vandalized
16 PM MAR 18 2018Ottawa police are investigating a report of vandalism at a temple after a Buddha statue was destroyed, foreign media reported yesterday.
Police was called into the Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Temple after monks who live there reported the damage.
The head of the statue appears to have been smashed apart, according to the reports.
Manoj De Silva, the temple’s treasurer, said the statue was installed about four months ago and cost approximately $8,000 to purchase from Sri Lanka.
An iron bar believed to have been used to damage the statue was found nearby, according to De Silva.
(CBS News)
