A 1.60-meter moai is seen in the dried bed of a lake inside the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano, in Chile's Easter Island, on Feb. 24, 2023. MA'U HENUA RAPA NUI INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP
A 1.60-meter moai is seen in the dried bed of a lake inside the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano, in Chile's Easter Island, on Feb. 24, 2023. MA'U HENUA RAPA NUI INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP
A 1.60-meter moai is seen in the dried bed of a lake inside the crater of the Rano Raraku volcano, in Chile's Easter Island, on Feb. 24, 2023. MA'U HENUA RAPA NUI INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY HANDOUT PHOTO VIA AFP

SANTIAGO: A new Moai, one of Easter Island's iconic statues, was found in the bed of a dry laguna in a volcano crater, the Indigenous community that administers the site on the Chilean island has said.

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