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The Dutch private collector who now owns the 1,000-year-old Buddha statue with a mummified monk inside is willing to return the relic to China, if the statue is proven to be stolen from China, according to Amsterdam-based newspaper NRC Handelsblad. 阿姆斯特丹《新鹿特丹商业》报道，荷兰私人收藏家拥有的这尊肉身坐佛是一个有1000年历史的佛像，且佛像中包含一位僧人的肉身。收藏家表示，如果事实证明这尊佛像确为中国被盗文物，他愿意物归原主。 According to the report, the current owner, who works as an architect in Amsterdam, purchased the statue for 40,000 guilders ($19,786) in 1995, the same year a Buddha statue was reported stolen from China. 报道称，这位收藏者是阿姆斯特丹一名建筑师，1995年，他花4万荷兰盾（19786美元）将佛像买到手。正是在那年，中国的一尊佛像被盗。 Jin Ruiguo, an official with the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH), said in a statement that based on photos, local archives and witness statements, SACH can confirm that this Buddha statue was stolen from a temple in Yangchun village in east China's Fujian province in 1995. 中国国家文物局工作人员金瑞国，在综合分析了文物图片，村庄档案，以及目击者的描述后称，这尊肉身坐佛就是1995年福建省阳春村(位于中国东南部）的被盗文物。 The collector said the statue is indeed similar to the one in photos of the Buddha stolen from China. However, the Chinese reports say the Buddha was stolen in October, 1995 by the lunar calendar (which corresponds to the period from end of November to mid December, 1995 by the solar calendar), but the collector can prove that the statue was already in the Netherlands in mid 1995, hence it is uncertain whether the two Buddha statues are the same one. | 
