Soldiers on a training exercise have rescued Manannan after the Celtic sea god who gave the Isle of Man its name was kidnapped last month.
The six-foot fibreglass and stainless steel sculpture, worth around ?10,000, was stolen from County Londonderry.
Those who took it left a message saying "You shall have no other gods before me" on a wooden cross.
But the Ministry of Defence says members of the Royal Irish Regiment discovered it in a forest just 300 metres from its original position.
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