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Swedish golfer Simon Forsstrom, pausing on the 14th tee to admire a red sandstone tomb behind him -- a miniature echo of the Taj Mahal -- was equally impressed.

However, a local businessman said he had been into the tunnel in recent weeks, passing on a photo of a perfectly preserved space cut into the sandstone.

The centrepiece of the Buddhist section of the exhibition – a striking two-sided sandstone panel that shows the evolution of the Buddha - is perhaps the most distinguishable in depicting this great transition.

The roof of the red sandstone building - where the Royal Bar is on the ground floor - has been completely destroyed.

On Thursday, dozens of volunteers scrubbed graffiti from the sandstone walls of the Japanese American National Museum.