The Cultural Heritage Administration says that a Korean collection of Buddhist scriptures, known as Palman Daejanggyeong, consist of 81-thousand-352 wooden printing plates, 94 more than the number announced in 1915 by the Japan colonial government. 
   
The administration recounted the number of printing plates as part of a project to digitalize the centuries-old collection of Buddhist scriptures.
  
However, controversy is arising over whether to recognize as national treasures 36 plates produced by the Japanese colonial government in 1915 and 1937.
    
The Cultural Heritage Administration plans to hold an academic symposium on the issue in October.
 
As South Korea’s No. 32 National Treasure, Palman Daejanggyeong was added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list in 1995.