Original sentence: Many national treasures from Japan’s early history, such as the Kōryū-ji sculptures, are based on Korean prototypes or were made in Korea
Edited sentence: The New York Times writes that Japanese national treasures such as the Kōryū-ji sculptures, which are "a symbol of Japan itself and an embodiment of qualities often used to define Japanese-ness in art", are in actuality based on Korean prototypes and probably carved in Korea