PHNOM PENH, Sept 14 (NNN-AKP) – The family of a U.S. private collector, George Lindemann, has returned 33 stolen cultural artefacts to Cambodia, the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement, yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The artefacts, removed from Cambodia in the 1990s, include a reclining Vishnu and Ardhanarishvara, a half-male-and-half-female sculpture believed to be from the Prasat Krachap temple, in the ancient royal city of Koh Ker, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The returned national treasures also include a sculpture thought to be of Drsthadyumna (commander in chief of the Pandava Army) from Prasat Chen temple in Koh Ker, and the Asura and Deva heads from the Angkorian era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cambodian Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, Phoeurng Sackona, thanked the Lindemann Family for voluntarily returning those artefacts to the rightful owner, Cambodia, after negotiations for more than three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This return sets an excellent and proper example for other museums and private collectors we have informed, to follow and return our national treasures,” she said in the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sackona said, the repatriation shows once again Cambodia’s continuing commitment to finding and bringing back the country’s ancestors’ souls that departed from their motherland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“These returns significantly contribute to the reconciliation and healing of the Cambodian people who went through decades of civil war,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Koh Ker was a former capital of the Khmer Empire in the 10th century, which had been the target of large-scale theft for many years, during the period of civil war and insecurity.– NNN-AKP <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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