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Sacred Idol Recovered

June 7, 2017;

A 12th century idol of Terton Pema Lingpa which was stolen from the house of the Head Lama from Arunachal Pradesh has been recovered in Majnuka Tila in Delhi and two people arrested for the theft following a tipoff. The two are Ngawang Tsundue, 29, and his live-in partner, Lobsang Gakey Sherpa, 26. They planned to sell the idol for INR 1.4 crore ($217,000 £168,000).

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