The official name of the main image of Todaiji Temple is Vairocana Buddha, although it is far more popularly known as "Daibutsu-sama (simply - The Great Buddha)." The largest bronze Buddha in the world, its measurements are amazing: in height it measures 14.98m, each eye is 1.02 m wide, the ears are 2.54 m from top to bottom, the face is 5.33m in length, the nose 0.5 m and the pedestal on which it sits reaches 3.05 m from ground level. The whole image weighs in at approximately 380t and according to ancient records, as many as 2,600,000 people gathered to aid in construction, in the process using 440t of copper and 440 kg of gold.