Entire panels of figures and flowers sculpted from stone have been carried off and sold to private collections in India, Europe and the United States, museum officials say.

The figures sculpted in the concentric arches of the doorway represent leading personalities of religion and philosophy, joined by great scientists.

In 2005, Kaiyodo released a newer figure sculpted by Katsuhisa Yamaguchi (of Revoltech fame).

They buried some of their more prestigious dead in oval stone sarcophagi, with human heads or zoomorphic figures sculpted on them.

The earthworks are shaped as perfect circles, rectangles and composite figures sculpted in the clay rich soils of Amazonia.

At Belur, he found a job as a sculptor and noticed a flaw in a figure sculpted by the great Jakanacharya himself.

Nevertheless, some of the figures sculpted by Camillo Pacetti and Luigi Acquisti remain in excellent condition.

This includes five figures sculpted by Sluter.

The figures, sculpted by John Birnie Philip, were cast from three tons of bronze and cost £1,500.

The pediments were decorated with mythical figures, sculpted in high relief.