Source: blog.al.com
CAPSHAW, ALABAMA, June 14, 2010: Limestone County investigators have recovered one of two yard-tall, black-granite, base relief statues that were chipped from their bases at the entrance to the Hindu temple in Capshaw June 4.
Capt. Stanley McNatt, the lead investigator for the Limestone Sheriff’s office, said the statue was discovered in a field within a mile of the temple on Friday evening. Investigators think the thieves had abandoned the statue, planning to come back for it.
McNatt said the motive appears to be theft, not a hate crime. The hand-carved, historically accurate replicas of the guardians of the abode of the Hindu God Vishnu, are estimated to be worth up to $50,000 on the art market.