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the increased incidence of treasure hunting and gold prospecting around the ruins in the
wake of the 1988 street protests, when the authorities' attentions were diverted else-
where.
Some claim the villagers had a week's notice of the move; others say it was longer and
they put off the inevitable to the last minute. Either way, there was certainly resistance to
the uprooting of homes and belongings for a new home in a peanut field, now developed
as the thriving village of New Bagan.
Old Bagan
