CNN —Three bronze sculptures looted from Cambodia and later sold to the National Gallery of Australia for $1.5 million will be returned to the Southeast Asian kingdom, the museum announced Thursday.
The gallery purchased the artifacts in 2011 from the late art dealer Douglas Latchford, who was subsequently accused by US investigators of trafficking stolen antiquities.
He added that “about 20” other Cambodian items in the museum’s collection are still being reviewed.
Kingdom of Cambodia/National Gallery of AustraliaThe three items from the National Gallery will join that collection in Phnom Penh once the new extension is complete.
In 2021, it returned 17 works of art connected to disgraced art dealers Subhash Kapoor and William Wolff.
Persons:
Douglas Latchford, ”, Chanborey, Cheunboran, Nick Mitzevich, Arts Susan Templeman, Karlee, of Australia Latchford, Latchford, Bradley Gordon, Latchford’s, Nawapan Kriangsak, —, Phoeurng Sackona, Subhash Kapoor, William Wolff
Organizations:
CNN, National Gallery of Australia, Arts, of Australia, Cambodia’s, Culture and Fine Arts, of
Locations:
Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, Canberra, Karlee Holland, Khmer, New York, Angkor Wat, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Kingdom