New York Museum returns artwork treasures

The Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York has returned 14 historic artwork treasures to Cambodia. These embrace a statue of a goddess from the tenth century and a Buddha head from the seventh century. From the mid-Sixties to the Nineties, it’s estimated that hundreds of statues and sculptures have been stolen from Cambodia and Thailand and brought in another country. The artwork treasures that the Met was now returning have been stolen by the British artwork seller Douglas Latchford. He was lengthy thought-about an professional on the artwork of the Khmer Kingdom and wrote a number of books. He’s now thought-about an artwork thief who bought the items to collectors and museums. He was prosecuted within the US in 2019, a yr earlier than his demise.