Looted Khmer artefacts due to return to Cambodia

A selection of the precious artefacts, which were looted by unscrupulous dealers during the Kingdom's turbulent past, and will now be returned to their rightful home, in the embrace of the Khmer people. - Cambodian embassy Washington, DC.

PHNOM PENH: US authorities have spearheaded another breakthrough in ongoing efforts to return looted Khmer artefacts home to the kingdom, with 27 more pieces, worth an estimated US$2.4 million, set to land in Cambodia in the near future.

The New York Attorney General's Office formally returned the 27 pieces to the care of the kingdom at an April 19 ceremony in New York.