most recently, in november 1995 the golden urn was controversially used to name qoigyijabu (gyancain norbu) as the 11th panchen lama. this action was approved by the chinese government, but opposed by the government of tibet in exile. in may of the same year, the 14th dalai lama, tenzin gyatso had named gedhun choekyi nyima as the 11th panchen lama.