Yamashita treasure consists allegedly of gold bars and other precious items looted by the Japanese imperial army led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita from different parts of Asia that were brought to and buried in several sites across the Philippines during World War II.

There were claims that these treasures were hidden in caves, tunnels and underground sites in different parts of the Philippines. While some historians dismissed the existence of Yamashita treasure as a myth, a Filipino treasure hunter named Rogelio Roxas claimed in 1988 that the late president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos was able to retrieve some of these treasures by stealing them from those who discovered some of the treasures.

Mr. Roxas even filed a case of theft against Marcos and his wife, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, in Hawaii for allegedly stealing from him a golden buddha which he allegedly found in a site in Baguio City.

These reports remain to be verified scientifically, but hundreds of treasure hunters from all over the world continue to search for the elusive Yamashita treasures in the Philippines, more than six decades after the war.