reinstate a statue on its pedestal in front of the main Narayan temple.
One night last month, the gold-plated statue of Bhupatendra Malla and two other images disappeared
from the temple courtyard.
The statue of Bhupatendra Malla was found the next day by a cowherd, partially buried in a forest
about a kilometre away, and was reinstated this week. The two other images have not been recovered.
Directed by the temple priests, the workmen weld and cement the statue to its moorings, after which
they attach iron bars all around it, replacing the iron lattice window around the almost 300-year-old
statue of Bhupatendra Malla and his queen.
Professional thieves in Kathmandu
