Police in Suining, Sichuan province, captured nine suspects and recovered seven Buddha heads that were stolen from a temple over the summer, according to information released on Wednesday.

The heads, which date to the Song Dynasty (960-1279), were discovered missing by Shifo Temple visitors on July 6.

Security cameras recorded the truck used in the theft, and police caught up to the suspects in Sichuan and the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in August, the Suining government said.