Article Photos: Pakistan struggles with smuggled Buddhist relics



In this photo taken on July 17, 2012, A Pakistani artist Salahud Deen shows samples of Buddhist artifacts he created in Taxila, a famous Buddhist archeologist site near Islamabad, Pakistan. Lacking the necessary cash and manpower, Pakistan is struggling to stem the flow of millions of dollars in ancient Buddhist artifacts that shadowy criminal gangs dig up from the country’s northwest and smuggle to collectors around the world. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

In this photo taken on July 17, 2012, A Pakistani artist Salahud Deen shows samples of Buddhist artifacts he created in Taxila, a famous Buddhist archeologist site near Islamabad, Pakistan. Lacking the necessary cash and manpower, Pakistan is struggling to stem the flow of millions of dollars in ancient Buddhist artifacts that shadowy criminal gangs dig up from the country’s northwest and smuggle to collectors around the world. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)