Archeologists on  November 22 removed an about 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, believed to hold the top part of Buddha's skull, from an iron case found at a former temple site in Nanjing in July.

The pagoda believed to contain a part of Buddha's body, shown in this photo taken on November 22, has attracted a stream of visitors after being put on display in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

The site in the capital of Jiangsu province is home to a number of temples, including the Changgan Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and the Dabaoen, or Grand Temple of Payment for Kindness of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

The archeologists excavated the case on August 6 after discovering that it contained the pagoda. The four-layer, 1.1-m-high and 0.5-m-wide pagoda is the largest of its kind to be unearthed in China.

It is believed to be one of the 84,000 "pagodas of King Asoka (273 BC - 236 BC) that contain Sakyamuni's sarira, or his remains found in the cremation ash. Sarira are highly sacred for Buddhists.

This photo taken on November 22, 2008 shows an about 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, which is believed to contain a part of Buddha's body on display in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.