Archeologists are busy scanning the wreckage of the ancient sunken ship Huaguangjiao No.1 at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

Archeologists have almost completed scanning parts from an 800-year-old shipwreck to enable them to reconstruct the ancient merchant ship.

Data and images collected will be used to reconstruct the ship using 3D technology in the next six months.

Huaguangjiao No.1, an 800-year-old shipwreck from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279), was discovered by fishermen in 1996.

More than 10,000 porcelain objects and 511 ship plates were excavated from the sunken vessel between 1998 to 2008.

The cultural relics and remains from the ship reveal China's trade with foreign countries along the ancient Maritime Silk Road.

An archaeologist photographs a large plank from the Huaguangjiao No.1 at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Visitors look at bits of the shipwreck Huaguangjiao No.1 at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] An archaeologist puts together the ship planks of Huaguangjiao No.1 for scanning at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Porcelain objects recovered from Huaguangjiao No.1 are displayed at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] A plank from the Huaguangjiao No.1 is marked for scanning at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] An archaeologist cleans a section of the Huaguangjiao No.1 at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com] Wooden planks from the Huaguangjiao No.1 are scanned by a 3D laser scanner at the Hainan Museum in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, June 1, 2017. [Photo/Chinanews.com]