Louvre to display ancient Buddha statue, Quran fragment from Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The Louvre museum in Paris will show dozens of artefacts from Uzbekistan that its consultants helped restore, together with a 2,000-year-old Buddha statue and a fraction of an eighth century Quran, the Uzbek authorities stated on Friday.

A complete of 70 restored artefacts will likely be proven within the Louvre between Nov. 23 and March 6, the state-run Tradition and Arts Improvement Basis stated in an announcement.

The Quran fragment, it stated, had been saved for hundreds of years within the village of Katta Langar and is among the oldest copies of the Muslim holy e book in existence.

Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Modifying by Mark Porter

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