A 900-year-old statue smuggled out of Thailand by a notorious art dealer in 1975 has finally been returned to the country after spending over three decades in the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Officials from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and those representing Thailand’s Ministry of Culture on April 25 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) formalizing their commitment to work together on the research and display of Thai art.
There is a recent video on social media that shows scores of Thai citizens, including policemen, waiting patiently at Bangkok airport to see off the relics of Lord Buddha.
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