Ancient Statue Found in Kampong Speu

Farmers excavating a rice field stumbled upon a centuries-old statue yesterday in Kampong Speu province’s Kandal village Monday afternoon. Samraong Torng district police officer Ros Voeun said the farmers were digging in a rice field when their excavator uncovered the ancient statue. 
 

“They had the excavator dig their rice field and accidentally found the statue,” he said, adding that the farmers reported the find to the Kampong Speu provincial department of culture and asked them to handle it.  According to local media, the figure, which is missing its arms and legs, is a 1,000-year-old Buddhist Avalokiteshvara statue. 
 

The department of culture confirmed that it received the statue on Monday and sent it to the National Museum for preservation on Tuesday.  “The statue was taken from Kandal village, Samraong Torng district, and the department of culture brought it to the National Museum already,” department official Khoem Sokhan wrote on his Facebook page.

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