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Yet, exceeding his jurisdiction, he had given opinion on repairing two 1,600-year-old metal idols of the Ekambareswarar Temple and also for making two idols. more-inThe Madras High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to sculptor M.
Muthiah Stapathi in a case against him for swindling more than 100 kg of gold reportedly offered by devotees of the Ekambareswarar Temple in Kancheepuram for making idols of Lord Somaskandar and Goddess Elavaarkuzhali Amman. Stating that the petitioner had no intention to leave the country, he said the petitioner was willing to surrender his passport before any court. They also accused him of making the two idols without using even a single gram of gold. He was also ordered to surrender his passport with the magistrate as agreed before the court..