The Dutch-era Record Room Building of the Patna Collectorate with a colonnaded frontage that featured in Oscar-winning film Gandhi has been demolished, but a few pillars of the historic landmark have been salvaged for posterity.

The over 300-year-old majestic building, which ran on a north-south axis on the banks of the Ganga river in Patna, had high ceilings, massive doors and unique skylights on its roof. It was also the oldest structure on the 12-acre campus of the old collectorate.