Bangkok Post – Met to return 2 looted bronze statues

The Ministry of Culture has sent a representative to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to inspect two artefacts before they are returned to Thailand, according to Culture Minister Sermsak Pongpanit.

Nitaya Kanokmongkol, executive director of the Office of National Museums under the Fine Arts Department, is now in the United States to join the inspection of the two ancient bronze statues.

One of them is a Standing Shiva, known as the “Golden Boy”, and the other is a female figure in a kneeling position.

The details and timeframe for the repatriation of the artefacts are to be discussed. The Met will shoulder the costs of repatriation, which is expected to take place next…