The Ugly Cow was purchased by Taiwanese entrepreneur Cai Chennan at a Sotheby’s auction in the 1980s. On April 30, 2000, China Poly Group purchased it at Christie's auction house and is now stored in the Poly Art Museum.

The rat is in the hands of an individual in Paris, France

The rabbit is in the hands of an individual in Paris, France

Yinhu In the 1980s, Taiwanese entrepreneur Cai Chennan was at a Sotheby's auction Purchased. On May 2, 2000, China Poly Group purchased it at Sotheby's auction house and it is now stored in the Poly Art Museum.

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The Wu horse is made of bronze, about 50 cm high . In the 1980s, Taiwanese entrepreneur Cai Chennan purchased it at a Sotheby's auction.

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In the 1980s, Taiwanese entrepreneur Cai Chennan purchased it at a Sotheby's auction. On April 30, 2000, China Poly Group purchased it at Christie's auction house and is now stored in the Poly Art Museum.

Haizhu was purchased by a museum in the United States in 1987. After wandering overseas for 143 years, the "Bronze Pig Head" from the Yuanmingyuan Zodiac Series finally returned to the motherland with the help of Hong Kong entrepreneur Dr. Stanley Ho. Since October 18, 2003, the pig head, together with the tiger, cow and monkey heads that returned in 2000, will be on display for free in the Old Summer Palace.

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In 2000, the Poly Group spent more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars to purchase the twelve zodiac signs of the Old Summer Palace from Sotheby's and Christie's, two auction houses in Hong Kong. The series of animal heads include tiger, ox and monkey heads.

At the end of 2002, the pig head was finally found from a collector in New York. After long and arduous negotiations, the national treasure was finally returned at a price of no more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars. The pig head bronze statue is the first national treasure rescued and returned to China by the China Special Fund to Rescue Lost Overseas Cultural Relics through public welfare means.