The entire surface of the image will be gently hammered to a final, almost polished finish.
Finishing work on an image of the Buddha.
That 's still not final for making statues. After finishing the statue there is gilt (cover statues with gold.) statues again .lets see ...

Tools and materials for fire gilding. ie:mercury,gold powder, brushes etc..

Tools for fire gilding: the blow torch and a brick, oil etc...

Anthor specialist applies the mercury and gold amalgam to the surface of the copper image.

Continuing to cover the image with the amalgam.

Every detail must be perfectly covered.The spreading of the amalgam is a painstaking and detailed job.

The artist finishes applying the amalgam to the figural portion of the Buddha image.

The lotus base is also covered with the amalgam, and the image is placed on a brick to dry prior to the heating process. A final touch-up of the amalgam coating.

The image is placed in a basin of water to cool prior to the final process of blending the amalgam.

The image is placed on the brick and the final blending of the amalgam is done. The image is then rubbed with cotton to spread the amalgam evenly.

When the heat from the blowtorch is applied, the mercury begins to vaporize leaving a very thin layer of gold on the surface.

As the heat spreads through the copper image, the change in color happens very quickly. The aura is then heated with the blowtorch.

Both the image and the aura are cooled in a bath of plain water.

The image has a mat appearance and looks as if it had been spray painted, rather than gilded. Note that several areas on the base did not have sufficient gold to turn color. These areas must be touched up.

Another coat of amalgam is applied to the image, but it is done much more quickly this time.

Soon the image becomes yellow and silver. Quickly, the whole image is recovered with amalgam.

As the image is heated with the torch, the gold color begins to show almost immediately.

A view of the image midway through the heating process.

During the final stages of the heating process, one can see the second coat covered all of the lacunae.

A brass bristle brush is scrubbed against a "soap-nut" to create an oily lather which will act as a lubricant.

Vigorously brushing the aura with the brass bristle brush and the lather from the "soap-nut" to polish the details of the swirls around the perimeter. The soap wash is done very intensely and with considerable pressure.

The image is, again, cooled in a water bath.

The final condition of the image and the aura prior to polishing.

The image is polished in an entirely different manner than the aura. It is rubbed with an agate burnishing tool.

In this view the back of the image has been given a preliminary polish. Polishing the entire image will take most of the day. so for the one statue it's take take about two weeks to 1 year to finished

Finished, the polished gold surface of the aura has completely lost its "spray-painted" appearance. So statue making process is finish but if you want to decorate statue with gold face or anthor job you have to find different specialist for further job.