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Wednesday, 07 May 2014 12:21

Christie’s will Return Looted Statue to Cambodia

The 10th-century sandstone sculpture that Christie's will return to Cambodia. The 10th-century sandstone sculpture that Christie's will return to Cambodia. Christie's

Yet another ancient statue looted in the 1970s from a single remote temple in the jungles of Cambodia has turned up in the United States, this time at Christie’s, which is voluntarily paying to return it to its homeland.

Christie’s sold the statue, a 10th-century sandstone depiction of a mythological figure known as Pandava, to an anonymous collector in 2009, but bought it back earlier this year after officials determined that the sculpture had been looted.

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