According to surveillance video, the suspect broke into the entrance through a driveway gate and used a dolly to move the 250-pound statue onto a truck within 25 minutes.
LOS ANGELES — A $1.5 million Buddha statue stolen from a Beverly Grove-area gallery was recovered and a suspect was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property, police said Wednesday.
According to jail records, Livick was booked Saturday night then cited and released early Sunday morning. He was given a tentative court date of Oct. 19.Gallery owner Fayez Barakat told KTLA5 the statue was from Japan’s Edo Period of 1603-1867. “This gentleman came and, I think, strapped a rope or a chain around that piece and pulled it to his rental van and put it in the back,” Barakat told Channel 5, adding that he was “heartbroken” by the theft.that museum officials were “shocked” that a lone thief managed to steal the 4-foot-tall statue despite its weight and drive off with it in a Budget rental truck.
An artist named Tadazou Iinuma is credited with creating the sculpture, the international art website reported.
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