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the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. ranil wickremesinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. now on bbc news, our world. temples across cambodia have been looted. there are ancient treasures torn away. well, 0k. i ve got exclusive access to the sites they were stolen from and speak to the temple raiders who did the looting. this one? for many cambodians, these cultures are much more than just stone objects. now cambodia is fighting back, demanding that some of the biggest museums in the world return their antiquities.- return their antiquities. these museums return their antiquities. these museums and return their antiquities. these museums and these - return their antiquities. these l museums and these individuals are in receipt of stolen property and the stolen property and the stolen property needs to come back. angkor wat is the beating heart of cambodia. this temple has beenin of ....
Was your gut reaction to it? amazing that the bbc had picked up amazing that the bbc had picked up on this in 88. we need to find this. this need to come home. it is very important. we have the archival photographs from 1936, when the french inventoried and it was taken to the conservatory. the conservatory - the conservatory. the conservatory is - the conservatory. the conservatory is a i the conservatory. the i conservatory is a secret warehouse just outside angkor wat where statues are still stored for safekeeping today. that is just incredible. we have got an elephant, a lime dog, things from angkor wat. no one has been granted access to see the complex in decades. brad thinks the forearm vision was stolen from here and sold on. so where is the statue now? the latest information we have is that we have going through ....
Walk through here. and there are hornets as well. so this was one of the top ten spots where the looters pillaged really up until the late 90s. they hid here, this was a khmer route hiding spot. red horse shows me where he says he unearthed a statue in the 19705. unearthed a statue in the 1970s. so what exactly did you find and how did you get it out? i show red horse photos of objects from the tradition museum plasma collection. this ....
That most cambodians would never dream of seeing in person. and it has been used as proof that these items were at least known to latchford and his circle. investigators are still unravelling latchford s connections to objects that were auctioned off decades ago. we have a special report on the worldwide trade of illicitly exported art treasures. back in 1988, the bbc exported art treasures. back in 1988, the bbc was exported art treasures. back in 1988, the bbc was asking - 1988, the bbc was asking questions about objects on the auction block. fist questions about ob ects on the auction blockh auction block. at sotheby s because of auction block. at sotheby s because of a auction block. at sotheby s because of a sale auction block. at sotheby s because of a sale of- auction block. at sotheby s because of a sale of the - auction block. at sotheby s i because of a sale of the highly prized art of south east asia, this four arms statue sold for £209,000. but where the statues o ....
Thing, this is what you. took it from inside there? the investigative team has carefully traced the statue s likely journey. carefully traced the statue s likelyjourney. they are likely journey. they are confident likelyjourney. they are confident the one red horse identifies matches the artefact seen here on the british museum website. it s a cambodian priority to get it back. in response, the british museum told the bbc: i also showed the iron princess a selection of antiquities that are currently held in london. ....