At least five Cambodian artefacts from England returned to Cambodia

At least five Cambodian artefacts handed over by the family of the late antique collector Douglas Latchford will be returned to Cambodia yesterday, Ministry of Culture and Fine arts said.

In a statement issued today, the ministry said “In this initial stage, five Khmer masterpieces, including a stone sculpture of Shiva and Skanda, originally from Koh Ker, a half male half female statue and a bronze boat prow will be returned from the United Kingdom to their homeland Cambodia on 29 September 2021.”

Earlier this year, the ministry said over 100 Khmer cultural objects in stone, as well as numerous other Khmer cultural properties, will be shipped to Cambodia following the parties having signed an agreement on September 18 last year. After three years of negotiations, the family of Latchford decided to give his entire extraordinary collection of Cambodian antiquities back to the Kingdom.

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