Local reports said that Myanmar, previously known as Burma, has started work on an underground museum to display a jade stone discovered there that is claimed to be the largest in the world.

A 30m deep museum will be dug to incorporate the stone where it was discovered for display. At 21m long by 4.8m wide and 10.5m high, with a weight estimated at 3,000 tonnes, the stone was felt to be difficult to move to another location.