66Keywords：theftofBuddhiststatues,individualidentification,3Dmeasurement,3Dprinting,GuestProfessor,InstituteofCulturalProperties,TeikyoUniversitysubstitutestatuesInordertodocumenttherestorationofBuddhiststatuesintheWorldHeritageAreaofLuangPrabang,LaoPDR,measurementusing3Dscanningwasstartedin2018.However,3Dmeasurementhasanotheraim,namely,preventionfromtheft.Ifwecouldshare3DdatameasurementsofBuddhastatueswithpolice,customsagenciesandothergovernmentorganizations,highprecisionindividualidentificationofstolenBuddhiststatueswouldbecomepossible.Inaddition,wecancombine3Ddatawith3Dprintingtechnology.Thecreationofsubstitutestat-uesusing3Dprintingbeforetheftcouldbeanultimatemethodofpreventionoftheft.Also,ifBuddhiststatuesarestolen,wecanmakenewsubstitutestatuesusing3Ddata.WakayamaPrefecturalMuseumhasalreadytriedtomakesubstitutestatuestoprotectfromtheft,andwehaveaplantotryasimilarprojectinLaos.Next,theftofBuddhistStatuesinJapanwasconsidered.ItisclearthatinJapan,themaincauseofdisappearanceofBuddhiststatuesistheftinshrinesandtemples.ThehighestpercentageofstolenBuddhiststatuesarenon-designatedculturalproperties,followedbyculturalpropertiesdesignatedbylocalgovernments,andtheleaststolenarenationalimportantculturalproperties.AlthoughBuddhistsculptureswhicharenon-designatedculturalpropertiesarethemostcommonlystolen,nationalorlocalgovernmentshaveverylittleinformationaboutthem.Therefore,itisnecessarythatshrines,templesandlocalgovernmentsinvestigatethetheftdamageofBuddhiststatues,andtheresultsofinvestigationmustbecollected,sharedandmadeavailabletothepublicbylocalgovernments.Regardlessoftheirdesignation,Buddhiststatuesarespiritualanchorsfortheworshippingcommu-nity.Becauseofthat,theownersofBuddhiststatuesandcommunityresidentsshouldactivelyrecordinformationregardingthestatuesasamethodofpreventionagainstpotentialtheftdamage.3Dmea-surementwouldbetheidealmethodofrecording,butifthisisnotfeasible,itisimportantforownersandcommunityresidentstotakemulti-anglephotographs,andtomanagethedatacarefully.SUZUKI MinoruA Study on Prevention of Theft of Buddhist Statues
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