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US collectors to return looted artefacts to Cambodia
Published on 13/09/2023
» PHNOM PENH - A billionaire family in the United States will return more than 30 looted ancient artefacts to Cambodia after agreeing it “wrongfully possessed” the treasures, the Cambodian government said on Wednesday.
Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met
New York Times, Published on 19/08/2022
» In the 1970s, long after its encyclopaedic collection had been acknowledged as among the world’s finest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art recognised it had slender holdings in South or Southeast Asian art. One in-house estimate suggested that no more than 60 objects were worth exhibiting.
US museum returns 10th century statue to Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 28/03/2016
» PHNOM PENH — Cambodia on Monday welcomed home a 10th-century Khmer statue that was looted during the country's civil war before spending the past three decades at an American museum.
US museum returns looted statue to Cambodia
AFP, Published on 28/03/2016
» PHNOM PENH - An American museum on Monday returned to Cambodia a 10th-century sandstone sculpture of the Hindu god Rama decades after it was looted from a jungle temple during the kingdom's civil war.
US Museum returns looted statue to Cambodia
AFP, Published on 11/05/2015
» PHNOM PENH - An American museum has returned a 10th-century sandstone statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman to Cambodia, decades after it was looted from a jungle temple when the kingdom was in the throes of civil war.
Looted statues returned to Cambodia
AFP, Published on 04/06/2014
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia on Tuesday officially welcomed the return of three ancient statues looted from the kingdom more than 40 years ago, including one retrieved after a long legal battle in the United States.
US returns looted statues to Cambodia
Associated Press, Published on 03/06/2014
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has welcomed back three statues that had been in Western art collections after having been looted from a 1,000-year-old temple during war.
US to return ancient statue to Cambodia
AFP, Published on 08/05/2014
» An ancient statue of a warrior stolen in 1972 and which almost went on the auction block three years ago will be returned to Cambodia, US authorities said Wednesday.
Momentum gains to unite ancient Cambodian statues
Associated Press, Published on 21/12/2013
» PREAH VIHEAR — Rising out of the jungle on white pillars, the new Preah Vihear Museum's largest building stands empty. But Cambodian officials hope that one day it will be the place where nine ancient statues depicting a dramatic battle scene are reunited from around the world.
Sotheby's to return Khmer statue
AFP, Published on 17/12/2013
» Cambodia announced Monday that leading auction house Sotheby's will return a 10th century Khmer statue worth up to $3 million said to have been looted during its civil war.