Cambodia celebrates the return of three statues that were looted from Koh Ker in the 1970s.
Welcome home! Three 1,000-year-old statues returned to Cambodia by the US after they were looted during the civil war
Daily Mail, 03 June 2014
Cambodia gets back looted 1,000-year-old statues
AP, via The Gulf Today, 04 June 2014
Looted statues returned to Cambodia
AFP, via the Bangkok Post, 04 June 2014
Three 1,000-year-old statues have been returned to Cambodia by the US after they were looted from a temple during the country’s civil war.
It is not yet known when the statues, which depict Hindu mythology, will go on display, but they were handed over in an official ceremony attended by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An and US diplomat Jeff Daigl.
Cambodian officials say the statues were looted in the 1970s by being hacked off their bases in the Koh Ker temple complex in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap province, which is home to the Angkor Wat temples.
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