ArrowRight A renowned art dealer, Latchford was indicted in 2019 for allegedly trafficking in

, the complaint said, Looter-1 showed archaeologists where the statue had been discovered.... Latchford

described by federal officials as the latest in a line of people taken in by Douglas A.J. Latchford, a

be returned from Australia to Cambodia.... Latchford, once heralded as an expert in Cambodian

Listen 3 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share MELBOURNE, Australia — The National Gallery of Australia will return three millennia-old statues to Cambodia after concluding they were probably stolen from the Southeast Asian nation and illegally sold. Are you on Telegram?... “ And it’s actually really focused the public collecting institutions to really change our approach to research and due diligence.” Advertisement The repatriation ceremony was “ a very emotional experience, ”

Image source, National Gallery of Australia Image caption, The artefacts were returned in a formal ceremony on Friday By Hannah Ritchie BBC News, Sydney Australia's national gallery will return three 9th and 10th Century bronze sculptures to Cambodia, after they were found to be stolen.... It comes amid a global push to return looted cultural goods.... According to the ABC, the three statues were dug up in a field in Tboung Khmum in the east of Cambodia in 1994 before being smuggled to interna

The Cambodian government has demanded the right to inspect the British Museum in order to recover “ stolen ” statues. Officials believe cultural treasures looted during the chaos of Khmer Rouge rule were trafficked into the UK by a British art dealer, and ultimately sold into the museum’s collection, most of which remains hidden behind closed doors. Cambodia's culture ministry has asked that a specialist team be allowed to inspect the British Museum’s archive to search for potentially stolen obj