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GIANT STATUE REPRESENTING SECT FOUNDER GILBERT BOURDIN FALLS TO ITS DESTRUCTION, 1998-03-19 (photo)

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GIANT STATUE REPRESENTING SECT FOUNDER GILBERT BOURDIN FALLS TO ITS DESTRUCTION, 1998-03-19 (photo)
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1998 AD
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1998-03-19
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The giant statue representing the Triumphant Vajra of Mandarom sect founder Gilbert Bourdin in Castellane, southern France, falls to its destruction following a controlled explosion September 6, 2001. Local authorities had ordered the destruction of the 33-meter high (110 ft) statue built by Bourdin and his followers near the protected natural site around the Verdon Gorge, a popular tourist attraction for the region. Bourdin died March 19, 1998. REUTERS/Lionel Cironneau/Pool JES/

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