This is the oldest known bronze statue in Luang Prabang and in Laos. Created between 1378 and 1379 under King Sam Sene Thai, the Buddha statue weighed, according to a stone inscription, nine million seven hundred thousand sang, or approximately twelve tons, and measured almost 6 meters in height: 1.90 meters for the head and 4 meters for the bust. During the plundering of the town in 1887, the Buddha statue was eviscerated and partially destroyed. It was re-erected in 1919 and subsequently restored in 1971. The missing members (arms and legs), were repaired in cement, lacquered and coated with gold leaf.