The long struggle to return Cambodia’s looted treasures
The east Asian country claims the V&A and British Museum both hold stolen antiquities. …
Outwardly, Latchford presented himself as an expert on Cambodian art, even publishing several large art books full of glossy photographs of items in Western collections. However, many had suspicions that he wasn’t operating above board. Where were all these Cambodian works coming from in the later decades of the 20th Century, right when the country was consumed by violence?
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