S1 • E7 Mar 16, 2013 48m
The battle is on to beat back the furies of nature and man that threaten to destroy Indonesia's most visited monument: Borobudur. This ancient temple and UNESCO World Heritage site sits on the ring of fire, with earthquakes erupting below and an active volcano spewing ash just 27 kilometers away. A holy site for Buddhists, Borobudur has even been attacked by Muslim radicals, who set off bombs inside its sacred stupas. On the front line in the battle: a man who has rescued the temple from the bombs AND the volcano. He works tirelessly today to protect it from nature's onslaught. With National Geographic cameras following him, he restores one of Borobudur's priceless stone statues, a 1200-year-old image of Buddha.
