filled with gems from a treasure hunter... "As far as I know, it is the largest verdict probably in the history of jurisprudence in the world," said Daniel Cathcart, attorney for the Atlanta-based Golden Buddha Corp. But a Marcos family attorney dismissed the award, which a state jury reached in less than five hours of deliberations... "It's noncollectible. It's Monopoly money," attorney James Paul Linn said. "Everything in the Marcos estate is tied up by the Philippine government... There's no money there." Judge Antonio Reyes of the Baguio Regional Trial Court had declared in a ruling on May 30, 1996 that the golden Buddha was only a bronze-plated statuette. In fact, it was in the court's custody in Baguio. "The US court's decision implies that the golden Buddha existed. I don't know how the conclusion was arrived," the judge said. The statuette in the court's custody was surrendered by police days after Rogelio complained that his Golden Buddha had been seized by Marcos. Roxas died in 1993. His relatives claimed that the statuette that was returned to his family was a replica. In 1995, Roxas's eldest son Jose petitioned the court to release the statuette to him as a memento of his father's treasure hunting days. Jose also declared in court that his father never found a Golden Buddha. See also Yamashita's gold Unexplained wealth of the Marcos family References Who is Rogelio Roger Domingo Roxas? Treasures and Antiques 1993 deaths Filipino military personnel Treasure hunters Locksmiths 1940s births Date of birth uncertain