Originally Posted by FlyerGoldII

The problem with the question is that if I as a tourist asked anyone with some authority (in the case, both the HKT customs agent via the Marriott concierge and also the the Thai embassy), the answer for every Buddha, no matter how small it is, no matter that is a mass-produced Buddha for commercial use, still is the same as the one for the true artifact and antiquity Buddha. I wonder what the arts department would have said if I had asked them?

I think the tourist should be given true guidelines for Buddhas, the ones you do have to get an export license and the ones (such as my souvenir trinkets) that you do not have to get an export license. The actual regulations do not seem to discriminate between these 2 types of Buddhas?