US Museum returns relics thought to be part of 6th century Krishna statue

The National Museum on Monday received several ancient statue parts that are thought to be part of a Krishna statue once located on Phnom Da Mountain in Takeo province, from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the United States . National Museum deputy director of conservation Chea Socheat said he hopes the return of the pieces means the rare 6th-century statue they are believed to be from can be reassembled into its former glory

Socheat said the pieces are now being kept in the National Museum of Cambodia awaiting reassembly by a team of experts with other parts from the Phnom Da mountain statue, also housed in the museum

“The four sandstone pieces returned by CMA included a sidewall of a statue, two calves and one thigh,” he said. “Our experts are analysing the pieces and intersections before attempting physical reassembly

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