From the October 24, 1997 issue of Asia Magazine:
Keeping Abreast of the Times in Sigiriya, by Rainer Krack
"....In the fifth century, artists painted frescoes of nubile nymphs on the
185m-high Sigiriya Rock in central Sri Lanka."
Of the hundreds of frescoes most were apparently destroyed because
of the semi-nude (bare breasts) of the nymphs. Of the 21 that remain, many
were restored with changes.
"...The main change: the restorers relocated the nipples of the maidens so
that the breasts do not appear to sag. Some nymphs boast two pairs of
nipples: the original and the new."
Nothing new,
Art Ayers
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