Additional bronze statues have been added to the display in the Returned Sculptures section of the National Museum and all 8 artifacts highlighted in this post, were returned to Cambodia in June 2022 after being handed over to the Cambodian Ambassador in June 2021 by the New York District Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations. The United States authorities had seized a haul of 27 Khmer antiquities, 24 of which were recovered from Subhash Kapoor, one of the world's biggest antiques smugglers, through his Manhattan Gallery, while the other three were seized from the Nancy Wiener Gallery, also in New York. Their value was believed to be around US$3.8 million. The collaboration between the Cambodian government and American officials has seen a large number of Khmer treasures returned home in recent years and this is set to continue. Kapoor sold looted artworks from Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Thailand using fake export/import and provenance papers, and was a contemporary of disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford. However, Kapoor is facing justice for his crimes, which Latchford managed to evade, and has spent the last ten years in jail in India and is now facing extradition to the United States. The question of how Kapoor amassed his collection of Khmer artworks remains unanswered for now. Most of the pieces are representations of Buddha from the Angkor period with a couple of exceptions, including a seated image of Vajrasattva, who was one of the principal deities of Vajrayana (‘the way of the thunderbolt’), which enabled adherents to aim for enlightenment through tantric rituals and mantras. The vajra (thunderbolt) and ghanta (bell) were the iconic attributes which he is holding in his hands; this type of Buddhism was very popular amongst the elites in the 12-13th centuries. The unique bronze conch and stand, with Hevajra and dancing acolyte features was repatriated in 2022 from the USA too.Credit By :Andy Brouwer
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