Complex sentence: Despite the fact that the statue was not so attractive its destruction was not an option, so it was decided to move it to Wat Traimit, a pagoda of minor relevance like other hundreds of Buddhist temples that exist in Bangkok, keeping the statue in Chinatown.
Split into simpler sentences: Despite the fact that the statue was not so attractive, its destruction was not an option. Thus it was decided to move it to Wat Traimit, a pagoda of minor relevance (like hundreds of other Buddhist temples that exist in Bangkok), keeping the statue in Chinatown.