Buddha head embedded in a Banyan tree

This picture was taken in the Wat Mahathat in Ayutthaya. This ancient temple was built during the 14th century, but was reduced to ruins in 1767 when the Burmese army invaded Ayutthaya, the capital of Siam in that time. The temple was destroyed by the Burmese who also vandalised many of the Buddha images by chopping off the heads. The area remained abandoned and overgrown until the 1950s when the Department of Fine art began restoration work in Ayutthaya.