(Left)
The statue of the bodhisattva Jiumo in Cave 8. He has five heads and six arms and rides a peacock. The five heads, moulded together in coherence and wearing a pleasant expression, give no impression of being grotesque. 

(Right)
Of the 50,000 odd carved statues the smallest is only 2 cm high. The striking contrast in size makes the grottoes a panorama of dazzlingly wide variety.