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Bureau of Supporting Industries Development Building, 86/6 Soi Trimit,, Rama 4 Rd.,, Klong Toey, Bangkok, 10110, Thailand
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N13° 44' 17.05895" E100° 30' 50.11697"
(13.73807193, 100.51392138)
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The Golden Buddha, officially titled Phra Phuttha Maha Suwana Patimakon (Thai: พระพุทธมหาสุวรรณปฏิมากร), is a gold statue, with a weight of 5.5 tons (5,500 kilograms). It is located in the temple of Wat Traimit, Bangkok, Thailand. At one point in its history the statue was covered with a layer of stucco and coloured glass to conceal its true value, and it remained in this condition for almost 200 years, ending up at what was then a pagoda of minor significance. During relocation of the statue in 1955, the plaster was chipped off and the gold revealed.
