via Khmer Times, 26 June 2024: The Angkor Heritage Protection Police, in cooperation with the Apsara National Authority, have returned five restored stone artefacts to Ta Nei Temple. The artefacts, found by a Japanese restoration team, were researched and restored by the ANA before being reinstalled at the temple. Built in the late 12th and early 13th centuries under King Jayavarman VII, Ta Nei Temple is currently under renovation and accessible only by foot or bicycle.
These artefacts were handed over by the department of Temple Preservation and Archeology of the ANA to Tomoda Massachikoto, the Japanese director of excavation, research and repair at the temple.
Ta Nei was built under King Jayavarman VII in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and was extended twice.
A spokesman for the ANA, Long Kosal, said yesterday that when these artefacts were found by the Japanese restoration team working on the temple, they handed them to the ANA for research and restoration.
Source: Heritage Protection Police return 5 artefacts to Ta Nei Temple – Khmer Times
