Cambodia restores three more Buddha statues at Bakan tower of famed Angkor Wat


The Angkor Archeological Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List of the Unesco in 1992, is the kingdom's most popular tourist destination. - Starpic

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia's Apsara National Authority (ANA) is restoring another three Buddha statues at Bakan tower of the famed Angkor Wat in the northwestern Siem Reap province after the previous one was restored, the authority has said.

Soy Sophearin, technical officer with the ANA's Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archeology, said the restoration project of the Buddha statues began in early February and is scheduled to be completed within five months.

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