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Graffiti found on nat'l treasure building at Horyuji Temple in Nara+(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)NARA, Japan, April 19_(Kyodo) _ Graffiti have been found on a pillar of a building designated a national treasure at Horyuji Temple in Nara Prefecture, police said. The graffiti, including one that said "I love everybody" in Japanese, are thought to have been scratched on the pillar with a stone or something similarly hard. The pillar at the Todaimon building is 1.25 meters in diameter, and the graffiti are within an area of between 42 and 99 centimeters from the ground and about 8 cm across. The police are investigating the case. |