This handout photo taken on May 25, 2021 and released by the Royal Thai Consulate General in Los Angeles on May 28 shows a lintel, a sacred 11th century sandstone support beam, during a handover ceremony in Los Angeles, before being sent back to Thailand. - AFP
BANGKOK, May 28 (AFP): Two ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War are set to return from the United States on Friday night, officials say.
The temple support beams with their exquisite carvings of the Hindu deities Indra and Yama date back to the late 10th or 11th century and had been on show for decades at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum.
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