The Buddha's True Face

[Kusala]

"In about the first half of the 5th century, a statue was installed in the then newly built Mahabodhi Temple and within a very short time the belief arose that this statue was a portrait of the Buddha. It came to be known as the Image of the True Face or more commonly, as the Mahabodhi Image."

http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2009/12/b ... ace-i.html