#britishthai — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #britishthai, aggregated by home.social.
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2 statues #smuggled out of #Thailand, including a 900 yr old #sculpture that spent 3 decades at the #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt in #NewYork, were welcomed back in official #repatriation ceremony in #Bangkok on Tues.
A 129-centimetre #statue of the Hindu god Shiva, dubbed “Golden Boy”, was #repatriated after being linked to #BritishThai #ArtDealer Douglas Latchford, who was charged with #trafficking, #looted #relics from #Cambodia & #Thailand shortly before he died in 2020.
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2 statues #smuggled out of #Thailand, including a 900 yr old #sculpture that spent 3 decades at the #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt in #NewYork, were welcomed back in official #repatriation ceremony in #Bangkok on Tues.
A 129-centimetre #statue of the Hindu god Shiva, dubbed “Golden Boy”, was #repatriated after being linked to #BritishThai #ArtDealer Douglas Latchford, who was charged with #trafficking, #looted #relics from #Cambodia & #Thailand shortly before he died in 2020.