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A graceful four-armed deity just under 35cm high. Over 1,300 years since its creation, the copper alloy has begun to oxidise, coating the artefact in an emerald green patina.
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ABC Radio National - Background Briefing program
ABC News
How statues looted from a Cambodian field wound up in the National Gallery of Australia.
ABC TV - Foreign Correspondent program
ABC News - 3 August 2023
Over 100 'stolen' Cambodian artefacts sitting in prestigious Australian museums, experts say.
ABC TV Foreign Correspondent program
ABC News - 4 August 2023
#ABC TV Foreign Correspondent - ‘Treasure Hunters’#Cambodia’s famous temples looted#‘Blood antiquities’#National Gallery of Australia (NGA)#NGA return Buddhist antiquities to Cambodia#Heritage protection#ABC RN Background Briefing program#Looted Khmer antiquities in Australia#Stolen Cambodian treasures in Australia#Bradley Gordon#The Museum of Phnom Penh#Cambodia’s cultural restitution team
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