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Confirming the identity of the Buddha statue was simple because there were plenty of photos available from when the statue was destroyed, with the statue inside being of paramount importance, simply corresponding them made it clear.
Furthermore, this Buddha statue was part of the Bronze Palace that disappeared that year, so if nothing went wrong, this bronze statue should be able to lead to clues about the vanished Bronze Palace.
However, clues are just clues, and whether they can be found still requires further research, since even with Card, it's impossible to locate just a bronze statue, especially when the timing is hard to determine and the search is likely to lead back to Chinese origins.
Luckily, before this, Leonard Ethan had made the necessary preparations, so as the vehicles traveled, they quickly arrived at an abandoned farm on the outskirts of the city and then moved the Buddha statue into a grain barn.
