The Cleveland Museum of Art owns Cambodian sculptures that may have been looted, WaPo survey reveals

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• The Cleveland Museum of Art Digital Collection
• Shambhala and Adakini, c. 1100. Cambodia, Angkor, 11th century. Bronze; Overall: 14.8 cm (5 13/16 inch). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonardo C. Hannah Junior Fund 1985.92

 

As part of a global survey emerging from Pandora paper, NS The Washington Post reported About Douglas Latchford, an Englishman who is a Cambodian antique collector, officials say they have benefited brilliantly from the plunder of temples and other religious places throughout Southeast Asia. According to the story, three works related to Latchford are currently owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art.

 

The alleged illegal trade in Latchford was “part of decades of looting of Cambodian sites ranked as one of the most devastating cultural thefts of the 20th century,” the post reported.

 

Latchford died in 2020 at the age of 88, before being tried, but before establishing multiple offshore trusts to protect his assets. It was the disclosure of such offshore accounts that Pandora Papers was leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

 

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