It was discovered in Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province in southern Thailand[2] and is currently in a collection of Bangkok National Museum.

[1] According to information provided by the Fine Arts Department, the torso shares similarities with a sculpture of Agastya from Candi Banon [id][1] in Central Java, Indonesia.

It was possibly created somewhere in Chaiya or other towns within the Kingdom, spanning from modern-day Thailand to the Java island in Indonesia.

[6] A historian Manit Valliphodom (มานิต วัลลิโภดม) suspected unidentified boxes drawn in the temple's map, near the Phra Sila Daeng Sam Ong vihāra, from the aforementioned letter to be the discovery location.

[7] The torso was possibly of the latter Bodhisattva, Padmapānī; also known as Avalokiteshvara and was widely revered in Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna sects of Buddhism prevalence in the area at the time.

[8] In 1943, Indapañño (ordaining name of Buddhadasa) was called in to meet Damrong Rajanubhab at Varadis Palace in Bangkok to discuss about archeological findings in Chaiya.

In order to execute such work, the artist must had been a very good-minded and very calm person who also knew a lot about dharma and was very proficient in sculpting.It is often regarded that Indapañño's interest in archaeology and history of southern Thailand could be attributed to his initial impression with this torso.