On woven plastic mats, women pray to a Buddha statue, barely visible through the thick jasmine smoke.

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The monk who greeted them asked if they would like to view the temple's Buddha statue.

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Throw in classical colonnades, cupolas and a Buddha statue from the 1958 film Inn of the Sixth Happiness, all cradled by the majestic Welsh mountains, and it is a rather bizarre place to spend an afternoon.

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It also advises that travellers "don't pose for photographs by standing in front of a statue of Buddha".

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Last year, three French tourists were given suspended prison sentences for taking photographs that showed them pretending to kiss a statue of Buddha at a temple.

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The archaeologist says the third statue - dubbed the Sleeping Buddha because it is shown reclining - is hidden in the shadow of the rock niches which housed the other two statues.

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