In 1897 AD, a statue of the Buddha standing on Brahmanaspati (fig.) carved from fine black stone had with a height of 45 centimeters was discovered in Phanat Nikhom, a district in Chonburi Province.

After it was in 1931 inspected and confiscated by the Fine Arts Department for its historic value, a stone replica three times the size of the original one was commissioned in 1974 and enshrined at Ho Phra Phanatsabodih.