The Sangiran Lurik Buddha Statue is a historical artifact found at the Sangiran archaeological site. This Buddha figure was discovered in the early 20th century by a Dutch archaeologist named Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald. The statue is believed to date from the early Pleistocene (1.5 million years ago) and makes it one of the oldest known examples of prehistoric art in the world. The statue itself is a small carved limestone statue roughly the size of a human finger, which is believed to represent the Buddha. Although the origins of the figure and the cultural context in which it was created are still the subject of debate and research, the Buddha statue remains an important milestone in the study of human history and art highlighting the earliest creative expressions of our species.
