According to the Fujian Higher People's court, this morning, the Fujian Higher People's court legally charged the appellant Oscar van overeem (transliteration: Oscar van ovorem, hereinafter referred to as "Oscar") and the appellee Yangchun villagers' committee in Wushan Township, Datian County, Fujian Province, Dongpu villagers' committee in Wushan Township, Datian County, and the defendant design consulting B.V. (transliteration: design and consulting private limited company) Design consultancy Oscar van overeem B.V. (transliteration: design consulting Oscar van ovorem private Co., Ltd.) made a public judgment in the second instance of the dispute over the protection of property rights, and the judgment upheld the judgment of Sanming intermediate people's court in the first instance that Oscar should return the physical Buddha statue of Master Zhang. Trial site. Source: Fujian Higher People's court After hearing, the court of second instance found that the "Buddha statue of Master Zhang sitting in the flesh" of the eminent monk of Song Dynasty was originally enshrined in Puzhao hall, Yangchun village, Wushan Township, Datian County, Sanming City, Fujian Province. On December 14th, 1995, the Buddha statue was stolen. Oscar claimed to buy and obtain the Buddha statues involved in the case in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1996, but did not provide the corresponding transaction vouchers of the source of the Buddha statues. In March, 2015, after nearly 20 years of theft, the Buddha statue was publicly exhibited in the Hungarian Museum of natural science with the permission of Oscar. The court of second instance held that the statue of patriarch Zhang in the dispute was a stolen cultural relic illegally exported, which had multiple attributes such as human remains, historical relics, and sacrificial keepsakes. It reflected the traditional customs and historical marks of Southern Fujian in China. It was a keepsake long worshipped by local villagers. It had special feelings with local villagers and should be returned in law, reason, and emotion, so it made the above judgment. The agents of the parties came to court to participate in the sentencing. Some NPC deputies, CPPCC members, media reporters and villagers' representatives attended the sentencing. (Bo chendi, Li Nannan) (outlook new era)