Restoration works destroyed in less than a minute

The Sunday earthquake in Java is now said to have caused the deaths of at least 4,285 people and more than 10,000 injured.

Leaving close to 200,000 people homeless, the earthquake also caused serious damage to a spectacular 9th century Hindu temple Prambanan, sending intricate carved reliefs crashing to the ground and destroying years of restoration work in under a minute (pix).

Luckily the famed 7th century Borobudur Buddhist temple, one of Indonesia's most popular tourist attractions, was not affected by the quake.

But the damage to the temple is nothing compared to the sufferings of thousands who are now sleeping on the streets and still hampered by the lack of medical supplies, equipments and food.