via AFP/Thai PBS, 27 April 2024: Besides the return of Cambodian antiquities reported last week, New York prosecutors, led by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, have successfully repatriated looted antiquities to Indonesia. These artifacts, including a bronze Shiva Triad from Cambodia and a Majapahit bas-relief from Indonesia, were illegally trafficked by dealers Subhash Kapoor and Nancy Wiener. Kapoor has been sentenced in India, while Wiener faced consequences in the US.
New York prosecutors said Friday they had returned to Cambodia and Indonesia 30 antiquities that were looted, sold or illegally transferred by networks of American dealers and traffickers.
The antiquities were valued at a total of $3 million, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.
Bragg said in a statement that he had returned 27 pieces to Phnom Penh and three to Jakarta in two recent repatriation ceremonies, including a bronze of the Hindu deity Shiva (“Shiva Triad”) looted from Cambodia and a stone bas-relief of two royal figures from the Majapahit empire (13th-16th century) stolen from Indonesia.
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