Is this a real photograph of the Buddha? "The Temptation of Buddha" is a painting by Eduardo Chicharro Aguera. There’s also a famous photo of Lord Buddha, taken by an Australian reporter in 1979 at Bodhgaya, India. The reporter was actually trying to take a picture of the Bodhi Tree, but when the photo was developed, an image of Buddha appeared instead. Some people believe this photo shows a real image of Buddha, as it was taken by a visitor in 1980 who was photographing the Bodhi Tree, and the