In January 2004, the sculptures were placed on the ... Chien arranged to ship sturdier metal replacements to the terracotta warriors from Shanghai to Kansas City, along with 12-person dragon ...

Archaeologists uncovered additional terracotta warriors at the mausoleum of China’s first emperor. The fresh find features a statue of a high-ranking commander—the first statue of a commander ...

Authorities said they believe the man suffers from metal illness ... the famous statues. In 2023, a man accepted a plea deal after stealing a thumb from one of the terracotta warriors, many ...

The Terracotta Army, discovered in 1974 by local farmers, was created around 210 BCE to accompany China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, in the afterlife. The elaborate necropolis includes over 8,000 ...

Michael Rohana, then 24, sneaked into a closed-off section of the Franklin Institute while attending an after-hours party and broke the thumb off a $4.5 million terra-cotta warrior on loan to the ...

Two Chinese terracotta warrior statues, thought to be around 2,000 years old, were damaged after a tourist climbed over a museum fence. Public security officials say the 30-year-old was visiting ...

allegedly broke off the thumb of a terra cotta warrior during an ugly sweater party at the Franklin Institute in December 2017. The "Cavalryman" sculpture, a statue uncovered at the tomb of China ...

A pregnant woman compares her height with a 'pregnant' statue of a female Terra Cotta warrior in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province on October 12, 2006. The statue is one of many ...