Thai hardliners demand ‘Ultraman’ Buddha art be destroyed | The Malaysian Insight

Collector Pakorn Porncheewangkul displays a painting depicting Buddha as Japanese superhero Ultraman in his home in Bangkok today. Hardline Buddhists in Thailand called for the destruction of such paintings. – AFP pic, September 12, 2019.

HARDLINE Buddhists in Thailand today called for the destruction of paintings depicting Buddha as Japanese superhero Ultraman, provoking fevered debate about using sacred imagery in art. The majority of Thais are Buddhist and a law on insulting religion carries a maximum sentence of seven years in jail even if prosecutions are rare.

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