Actually there are two Wat Phutthanimit in Nakhon Phanom Province, Tha Uthen District, different sub-district. Distance by road 59 km, by air 44 km. Both have something of interest to me, only when I went to go there did I realize these are two places.
Wat Phutthanimit is a common name for temples, according to a Thai friend it means "Buddhist dream".
Wat Phuttha Nimit วัดพุทธนิมิต
Woen Phra Bat, Tha Uthen District, Nakhon Phanom 48120, Thailand
ตำบล เวินพระบาท อำเภอ ท่าอุเทน นครพนม 48120
Wat Phutthanimit วัดพุทธนิมิต
Nong Thao, Tha Uthen District, Nakhon Phanom 48120, Thailand
ตำบล หนองเทา อำเภอ ท่าอุเทน นครพนม 48120
Wat Phuttha Nimit วัดพุทธนิมิต Woen Phra Bat
The unique feature of this temple is the Buddha head. Used to be part of a Buddha statue (brick and concrete) that collapsed. A lap width of 9 m and a height of 29 m and a length of finger of 4 m is reported, but from what I saw, I estimate the statue was 5 m tall.
The following picture from internet, posted 30apr2014 (that's when the Buddha head received attention on internet and social media, not the date the statue collapsed, as far as I understand)
Current condition, the head housed in a pavilion. Surprisingly, it's tilted on purpose. I have never seen a tilted Buddha statue or head elsewhere.
Remnants of the body scattered around and overgrown. Here you can clearly see it's made of brick and concrete, and certainly not 29 m tall.
Details (in Thai) here:
https://mgronline.com/local/detail/9570000047750
https://www.sanook.com/news/1591929/
https://lottery.kapook.com/view87356.html
Wat Phuttha Nimit วัดพุทธนิมิต Nong Thao
Unusual architectural style; gable, ridge, rake reminiscent of White Temple in Chiang Rai. Unusual mural paintings as well.
Sun was in unfavorable position, here one picture from googlemaps:
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