Phnom Penh (FN), Nov. 11 – In support of a Memorandum of Understanding between the United States’ government and the Royal Government of Cambodia, the process to return four cultural treasures to Cambodia is underway, according to Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts’ press release seen by Fresh News on Thursday.

“The US Government, led by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO-SONY) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSP), has filed a civil forfeiture action relating to four sculptures and has seized the sculptures from Denver Art Museum.”

The four Cambodian cultural properties are a Khmer sandstone sculpture depicting standing Prajnaparamita, a Khmer sandstone sculpture depicting Surya, an Iron Age bronze bell, and a sandstone lintel depicting the sleep of Vishnu and birth of Brahma.

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