Cambodia has often featured in the Western imagination as a place of plunder and pilfering. Temples and artefacts of exquisite beauty have exercised the interest of adventurers and buccaneers who looted with almost kleptocratic tendency. In 1924, the French novelist and future statesman André Malraux, proved himself one of Europe’s greatest adventurers in making off
Share this article US Looks to Return a Priceless Cambodian Sculpture Stolen in 1997 A 10th Century artifact of the Hindu god of war, Skanda.
U.S. prosecutors look to repatriate a priceless 10th Century Cambodian sculpture, which was reportedly stolen in 1997. The statue depicts Skanda the Hindu god of war riding on a peacock a piece of history that is symbolic to the Cambodian people.
According to a report by
The New York Times, the case was filed in Manhattan on Thursday and is directly related to the sculpture, which is in possession of the Department of Homeland Security. Prosecutors stated that the sculpture made its way to Douglas Latchford, who despite denying the claims, was accused of trafficking various types of stolen artifacts. Latchford passed away in 2020, and his daughter, Nawapan Kriangsak, looks to return over 100 stolen artifacts to the newly-expanding museum in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh.
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