The History of the Emerald Buddha.
The Emerald Buddha is in reality carved From a large piece of green jade. According to a
reliable chronicle, in 1434 A.D. lightning struck a chedi in Chiengrai in northern Thailand and
a Buddha statue covered with stucco was found inside. The image was brought into the
abbot's residence and one day he noticed that the stucco on the nose had flaked off and the
image inside was green in color. He removed all the stucco and found the Emerald Buddha.
(The word emerald here only means "green colored" in Thai.)