Sojiwan temple was rediscovered in 1813 by Colonel Colin Mackenzie , a subordinate of Sir Stamford Raffles . He examined the archaeological remains around Prambanan plain and rediscovered the ruins of wall surrounding the temple . The temple was left in ruins for decades until the government launched the reconstruction effort started in 1996 . Since 1999 the temple become the training and education center for temple reconstruction project . During the reconstruction the excavation discovered wall strudture surrounding the temple and also stone paved causeway in front of the temple . In 2006 the reconstrustion project was halted and took a major blow because of earthquake , caused the reconstructed building parts and scaffolding collapsed . The reconstruction project completed in December 2011 , inaugurated by Mari Pangestu , Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy . The reconstruction took 15 years and 8.27 billion rupiah cost
earthquake
2006 Yogyakarta earthquake
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