The Met to return looted ancient artworks to Thailand and Cambodia
The works were taken by a rogue British art smuggler who died in 2020 while facing US looting charges.
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The works were taken by a rogue British art smuggler who died in 2020 while facing US looting charges.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the return of 16 ancient artifacts to Cambodia and Thailand. Returning the stolen artifacts: In a press release, New York City’s Metropolitan Museum noted that 14 artworks linked to Douglas Latchford, a British antiquities dealer and prominent scholar of Khmer art, will be returned to Cambodia, while two others will be repatriated to Thailand.
The looted objects are tied to the notorious art dealer Douglas Latchford