"New eyewitness accounts have revealed that local Tibetans attempted to prevent the demolition of a statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) near Mt Kailash in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) on September 28. Approximately 20 Tibetans were seen forming a human shield around the two meter high statue before they were dispersed and the statue demolished by armed security personnel."http://www.savetibet.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1183
"The destruction of the Darchen statue followed an incident in mid-May 2007, when the authorities ordered the destruction of a 30-feet high gold and copper plated statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) donated by Chinese Buddhists to Samye monastery. There is an increased interest in Tibetan Buddhism throughout China, with many Chinese now following Tibetan Buddhist teachers and going on pilgrimage in Tibet."
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