THIS is the story of Nandisawahanamurti, one of six stone statues from the collection of the Radya Pustaka Museum that was forged by Heru Suryanto. The statue of Nandi or Shiva riding a cow was sold by Heru to Hugo Kreijger before ending up in the hands of businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo.

Lambang Babar Purnomo, an archaeologist from the Central Java Antiquities Preservation Association, was the person who in January removed the statue from Ha