The largest Buddha sculpture in the world is going on display outside Qongqing, China. “The sculpture is a copy of Afghanistan’s 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddha that was destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. China’s Ai Duo Group Company spent 16 months making the sculpture out of a giant piece of jade found in Myanmar. The 7-ton jade Buddha is nearly 2.6 metres high and 1.3 metres wide.”