Bihari Students of Arts & Crafts,made Replica statue for Museum

Indian yakshi figure, mottled red stone sculpture fragment of female torso

Fasting Buddha

PATNA: Seven students of College of Arts & Crafts, Patna, made replica of famous statues and structures located in different states for the Replica Museum in Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi.
Director of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), north zone, KK Muhammed, supervised their works.
"We focused on the Jain and Buddha statues as they are quite artistic. The idea is to attract tourists visiting Delhi to show them the replica of famous sculptures of different states, in the museum," said Muhammed.
Talking about the seven students, he said, "They really lived up to my expectations."
Rajendra Kumar, a final year student of the college, also got a job in the ASI. "Rajendra is also part of an ASI project in Gaya," Muhammed said.
The students from Patna, along with a few students from Delhi, created 30 replicas for the museum. Describing the challenges, Muhammed said due to paucity of fund, the ASI could not send the students to the identified places to see and make the replicas. They were shown photographs of the original sculptures and the students made identical statues.
He said the students were paid Rs 500 per day as remuneration.