[Seth] Giant Buddhas

Thailand loves its big Buddhas.

At Wat Pho, there is a 15 m (49 ft) high and 46 m (150 ft) long gold reclining Buddha.  The Buddha was so large that they had to built the Buddha first and then built the temple around it.

Impossible to get a real perspective on how big it really is

Not the most comfortable pillow

Bangkok also has the world's largest solid gold Buddha statue at Wat Traimit.  The statute is on the fourth floor of the temple and it is 10 feet tall and weights 5.5 tons.  According to Wikipedia, at US$1,400 per troy ounce, the gold in the statue (18 karat) is estimated to be worth 250 million dollars.  The body of the statue is 40% pure, the volume from the chin to the forehead is 80% pure, and the hair and the topknot, weighing 45 kg, are 99% pure gold.  Cannon suggested that this should be object of the heist in Ocean's Fourteen.