Two ancient statues, illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities, were returned to the kingdom on Tuesday in a ceremony at the National Museum in Bangkok. The objects a tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva or the Golden Boy and a smaller sculpture called Kneeling Female - are thought to be around 1,000 years old. They were returned from the collection of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP video by Jerry Harmer)
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Two ancient statues, illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities, were returned to the kingdom on Tuesday in a ceremony at the National Museum in Bangkok. The objects a tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva or the Golden Boy and a smaller sculpture called Kneeling Female - are thought to be around 1,000 years old. They were returned from the collection of New Yorks Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP video by Jerry Harmer) #statue #thailand #museum Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home