Cambodia: Stolen Angkorian crown jewellery resurfaces in London - BBC News

Secret collection of 77 items from the Angkorian royalty period has been returned to Phnom Penh.

8 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Steve WakehamImage caption, Experts are trying to work out what some of the items were used forBy Celia HattonBBC NewsA vast trove of Cambodia's Angkorian crown jewellery, some dating back to the 7th Century, resurfaced in London last summer, it has been revealed.

The stolen items belonged to British antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford.

Experts say they have never seen most of the jewellery before and are stunned by its existence.

The collection has been secretly returned to Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, and is due to go on display there in the country's national museum.

Latchford died in 2020 while awaiting trial in the US. His family promised to return his stolen collection to Cambodia after he died, but the authorities did not know what exactly would be handed over or how it would happen.

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