The Golden Buddha AKA Yamashita's Gold Philippinnes

In the 1970's Robert Curtis ran frantically into the Las Vegas Sun newspaper to report a story so wild and bizarre that few people believed him, until he showed the receipts. Stolen Gold, buried gold, graft, attempted murder, and more. 172 burial sites by the Japanese spread throughout the Philippines and never to be found. Is the story true? Depends on how you look at it.