Antique Buddha statue fetches a whopping $14.3 million

A recetly discovered wooden sculpture of Gautam Buddha has fetched $14.3 million, a price the auctioneer calls a world record for any Japanese work of art. Christie's said the seated figure of Dainichi Nyorai, or the supreme Buddha, is attributed to 13th-century sculptor Unkei, considered one of the greatest carvers of the early Kamakura period (1190s). (Image provided by the auctioneer).