Wat Traimit Withayaram Worawihan is also referred to as the ‘Temple of the Golden Buddha’. The solid gold Buddha image known as Phra Phuttha Maha Suwan Patimakon is believed to be 7-800 years old and is the largest gold Buddha in the world. Its style suggests that it was cast in the Sukhothai period between 1238 and 1438. Later it was moved to Ayutthaya but then disguised in plaster during the Burmese sacking of the city. It was moved to Bangkok in the 1930s but the gold beneath the plaster was only discovered in 1955, thus revealing the statue’s true identity.