 One revenue surveyor called U Aung Ban then came up with the idea of appealing direct to Queen Victoria since she had promised to respect all religions practised by her subjects.To their amazement and great joy the British queen promptly ordered the withdrawal of all her troops from religious precincts in 1890.This however turned to great sadness when they found that the pagoda had been looted from the "hti", left lying on the ground stripped of its bells, gold, silver, diamonds, rubies and other precious stones, down to the Italian marble tiles from its terraces.