Thursday, May 8, 2014

California museum to return statue to Cambodia

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013 file photo shows Cambodia's statue of a temple wrestler, titled Bhima, is on display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif. The 10th-century sandstone statue will return to its place of origin in Cambodia following discussions and agreements with Cambodian state officials, the museum announced Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The statue represents Bhima, a popular heroic figure from the Hindu epic, "The Mahabharata." The museum has carefully preserved it for nearly four decades, according to the release. The Bhima is considered a work of art and cultural relic for the Cambodian community. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Norton Simon Museum has agreed to return a 10th century statue that may have been looted from a Cambodian temple during that country's genocidal civil war in the 1970s.








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