via Khmer Times, 28 July 2023: The Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology of the APSARA National Authority is working to remove thousands of stone blocks from the ponds in the east of the Bayon Temple in order to restore the temple’s original identity and architectural form.
The technical staff of the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archeology of the APSARA National Authority, Ms Tim Thida, said that the removal of the stone blocks from the ancient ponds is to arrange and transport them to store appropriately as well as to raise the value and restore the two ponds to the original identity and architectural form of the Bayon Temple.
Ms Thida said that part of the stone pile of this ancient temple was once collected in the third compound and the first gallery of the Bayon Temple by the French curator between 1919-1930. She added that 50 percent of the stone blocks that fell into the ponds in the northeast of the Bayon Temple were the roof stones, and some stones from the pediment, the beams, the pillars, platforms, and the small carved stone that broke the face. The condition of the stones before moving is scattered and the quality of the stones is mostly good.
Source: APSARA National Authority to restore two ponds in East of Bayon Temple| Khmer Times
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