BBC report on Terracotta Warriors refuted

A Chinese archaeologist recently refuted a BBC report about Northwest China's Terracotta Warriors, saying that the article has quoted her out of context and overstated her remarks about Western influence on the 8,000 life-size figures.

The BBC report, released on Oct 12, said archaeologists have found that inspiration for the Terracotta Warriors at the tomb of the first emperor near Xi'an, Shaanxi province, may have come from Ancient Greece.

The article quoted Li Xiuzhen, a senior archaeologist at the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum, as saying, "We now think the Terracotta Army, the acrobats and the bronze sculptures found on site, were inspired by ancient Greek sculptures and art."