Koh Ker Warrior: A summary of events thus far
We've been following the story of the Koh Ker warrior auction here, this is just a summary story by AFP ...
Tag: sculpture
News reports and information related to ancient Southeast Asian sculpture such as new discoveries and repatriation of looted statues.
See also: Buddha (sculpture)
Statue found in Koh Ker
Archaeologists discover the statue of a Hindu god under the roots of a tree in a temple at Koh Ker ...
Koh Ker Warrior: Seized, and then released
The Koh Ker Warrior that was to be auctioned by Sotheby's was once again in the news last week when ...
Koh Ker statue: Sotheby’s responds
Looks like Sotheby's is trying to perform some damage control, now that the story has broken about failed auction of ...
Looted Khmer statue shows up in Sotheby’s auction
A Khmer statue, believed to be looted from Koh Ker, is in the centre of a tussle at a Sotheby's ...
Majapahit statues go missing in East Java
Three fifteenth-century Majapahit statues go missing in Sragen, East Java. The story underlines the lack of resources and the prevalence ...
Archaeologists excavate sculpture workshop in Angkor
The remains of a sculpture workshop has been discovered in near the Bakong in Angkor, giving insight to the tools ...
Massive statue found at Ta Prohm
From Heritage Watch, a massive damaged statue of a Buddha has been unearthed from the roots of a tree near ...
Thai police catch Buddha statue thieves
The Thai police have caught a gang of thieves responsible for the thefts of a number of Buddha statues in ...
Family finds terracotta statue in cemetary
A family funeral in Vietnam's Quang Ngai province took a strange turn, when after digging a grave they found a ...
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