One sad buddha, apparently.

Photographer: Dawei Hu
From: Mt Leshan, biggest buddha in the world!!

One sad buddha, apparently.

Look closely. See the people in the background? That's the scale. See the 'tear' in the corner of his eye? That apparently sparked media frenzy a few years ago because they claimed it was a sign of Buddha's unhappiness with the state of the world, what with global warming, dying rainforests, animals going extinct and George Bush not.