21. The building was originally at least 2 storeys high and contained a colossal statue of a seated Buddha. 22. The world's earliest oil paintings have been discovered in caves behind the partially destroyed colossal statues . 23. During excavations in 2007, pieces of a colossal statue of the emperor Hadrian's were surfaced. 24. The dome is topped by the Statue of Freedom, a colossal statue that was added in 1863. 25. It has yielded quite a number of Latin inscriptions from this city and a colossal statue of Saturn. 26. Construction of the Colosseum started under Vespasian in a low valley surrounded by the colossal statue of himself. 27. For example, it was he who issued the edict to destroy the colossal statues of Buddha at Bamiyan. 28. The colossal statues were sculptured directly from the rock in which the temple was located before it was moved. 29. Escaping, they discover an elaborate system of machinery and antennas hidden in the colossal statue of Athene Promachos. 30. Around the stupa there are other smaller structures which were originally decorated with a large number of colossal statues .
