Australian museum to return stolen Cambodian artefacts
The bronze sculptures will be given back to Cambodia amid a global push return looted goods.
The bronze sculptures will be given back to Cambodia amid a global push return looted goods.
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Mr Latchford's daughter, Nawapan Kriangsak, worked alongside researchers from the NGA and Cambodia's Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts to help return the goods.
"It is an opportunity to put right a historical wrong but also to strengthen our ties and deepen our understanding," Australia's Special Envoy for the Arts Susan Templeman said at a handover ceremony on Friday.
Cambodia has continued to call on international governments to recover thousands of antiquities it says were stolen from its ancient temples - including several it says are housed in the Victoria and Albert and British Museums.
In 2021, the gallery returned a series of artefacts to India - some dating back to the 11th Century - which were linked to the alleged antiquities smuggler Subhash Kapoor and the late New York art dealer William Wolff.
In March, it was announced that four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer Captain James Cook and his landing party when they first arrived in Australia in 1770 would be returned to their traditional owners.
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