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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 391302, member: 6974&quot;]I have seen one signed before and I was trying to find the image, but couldn&#039;t. I&#039;ll look again, but I suspect it wasn&#039;t an important Buddhist scene, I seem to recall a dancer. So I do agree with you that important Buddhist rubbings would mostly not have been signed.</p><p>The number of fakes being made and sold in Thailand still astounds me, especially bronze Buddhas which are being onsold through auction houses around the world as genuine antiques. Their bronze factories produce stunning copies still using the same old production methods. Caveat Emptor. </p><p>My Thai partner has forbidden broken or damaged Buddha images in the house. Mounted heads are regarded as the worst kind of sacrilege to a Buddhist. This is why you sometimes see broken Buddhas in a dedicated cemetery within Temple compounds. It&#039;s terrible luck to keep a broken Buddha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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