![]() “This antiquity was callously ripped away from an ancient temple so it could be sold for profit,” District Attorney Alvin L. The piece was returned during a repatriation ceremony attended by Cambodian Ambassador to the United States Keo Chhea on 2 November. The Standing Sandstone Vishnu was smuggled into Manhattan in 1995 under the orders of Doris Wiener, a dealer and well-known antiquities trafficker. ![]() The Manhattan District Attorney’s office last week returned a stolen vishnu to Cambodia, nearly 30 years after looters removed the sacred figure from a seventh-century temple.
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