via Phnom Penh Post, 23 July 2022: This baf-relief from Banteay Chhmar was notable for having been looted at intercepted in Thailand.
The National Museum announced on July 23 that a bas-relief sculpture of Buddha currently preserved at the National Museum will be returned to its place of origin at the Banteay Chhmar Temple in Banteay Meanchey province at the end of July.
The museum said that the bas-relief was returned to Cambodia over 20 years ago after it had been confiscated in Thailand in 2000.
