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NEW YORK — The United States handed back more than a dozen valuable antiquities to Cambodia, a prosecutor said, after they were plundered and illegally trafficked, ending up in a prestigious New York museum.They were originally plundered by prolific antiquities trafficker Douglas Latchford who in 2019 was charged with operating a major network that stole treasures from
The Khmer artifacts were connected to disgraced art dealer Douglas Latchford, who was indicted in 2019.
Met director and chief executive officer Max Hollein provides an update on the recent restitution of sculptures from the collection
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return more than a dozen pieces of ancient artwork to Cambodia and Thailand that were tied...
Prosecutors said 13 Khmer antiquities were being returned, but the Met Museum, where they were displayed, said separately 14 sculptures would be returned to Cambodia, and two to Thailand.