The treasure trove of objects includes elaborate utensils and religious relics, as well as building materials. Among the unearthed artefacts were more than 900 pieces of bronze ware, pottery and porcelain, as well as over 10,000 fragments of bricks and tiles. The excavations began last November at the ruins of the Mangdeng Buddhist temple, the Mangzhen pagoda and Mengsa Chengzi village.