Apsara Authority clarifies Angkor Wat photo confusion

The Apsara Authority yesterday clarified that a construction site behind the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province was not a new tall building, but scaffolding to repair one of the temple’s towers. The clarification by Apsara Authority, the government body that manages Angkor Archaeological Park, came after a Facebook post by “Khmer Leaking News” went viral this week.

Pictures on the page showed the alleged new building looming amid the towers of Angkor Wat. “Due to the unique construction of the Angkor complex, the temple’s beauty is lost and it’s no longer interesting. If it’s no longer beautiful, who will visit Angkor?” the post said.

Long Kosal, a spokesman for Apsara Authority, said many people had shared the Facebook post and criticised Apsara for allowing the construction of a tall building behind the famous temple. He said the area in question was not the construction site of a new building, but scaffolding around one of the temple’s towers that needed restoration.

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