Sculpture

Thai sculptors have concentrated mainly on religious statuary, particularly Buddha images. Several million Buddha images have been created, ranging in size from Sukhothai's gigantic seated Buddha in Wat Si Chum, which measures some ll metres from knee to knee, to tiny, fingernail-sized necklace Buddhas worn as amulets. Other religious statuary includes demonic and mythological figures, some human, some animals, some hybrids, most quite fantastic, which grace all maj or Thai temples.