"Raiding the Crystal Palace," an excerpt from a longer piece called "Journey to the West," depicted adventures of a stone monkey in search of enlightenment.

The stone monkey was beside himself with glee.

Pecking crows, stone monkeys and The Register of the Living and the Dead ... Rhyme sighed then looked over the team.

Sung leaned forward over the table, the stone monkey swinging away from his strong chest.

Finally he whispered, "You killed John Sung at the beach and you took his papers and the stone monkey.

"The stone monkey," she explained.

There are stone monkeys on the gable tops of the east façade which faces gentle lawns, clipped yews and sloping pasture.

Here at Ceibal, looters got the Altar of the Monkey, a round tablet once supported by three stone monkeys, last November.

The gate lodges are topped with stone monkeys, earning the local nickname "The Monkey House".

The stone monkey was born from the stone with the of earth and heaven.