1,000-year-old Looted "Golden Boy" Shiva Statue Returned to Thailand | Vantage with Palki Sharma

1,000-year-old Looted "Golden Boy" Shiva Statue Returned to Thailand | Vantage with Palki Sharma
On Tuesday, Thailand celebrated the return of two priceless artefacts. Two 1000-year-old bronze statues, that had been looted 50 years ago, were returned to Thailand. One of the statues is known as the "Standing Shiva" or the "Golden Boy". It is believed to be a statue of the Hindu god, Shiva. The statue was unearthed in 1974, and the person who claims to have found it says she sold it to a foreigner for $33,000. The Shiva statue eventually made its way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York city, where it has been for the past few decades. But now, the MET decided to give the statue back.
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[@abhishes]

The word Loot and British always appear in a single sentence : )

[@circuitworm1496]

*British means Looterss* 😂

[@davidsato1]

It was looted by a Thai woman, who sold it to a foreigner. Be more precise.

[@Termsandconditions1234]

😂😂

[@KA-pq3yz]

So true

[@Aftermath-News]

The word toilet and India always appear in a single sentence:)

[@sanjayshah7776]

I want the British to return the vast amount of India's ancient manuscripts that the British took during colonialisation .......the amount of knowledge and information contained in those manuscripts is vast.

[@phillipchan6919]

These Indian lords and Indian Kings surrendered under British rules. Because Indian lords and Indian kings surrender to Britain, The British has controlling rights to lands and properties of India before 1947.

[@phillipchan6919]

They were surrendered to Britain, not looted.

[@sanjayshah7776]

@@phillipchan6919 ​I'm terms of the ancient Indian manuscripts were taken by the British during colonialisation. It was not theirs to simply take. This wealth of ancient knowledge in the manuscripts belongs to India. Also, why do you want to keep another man's work and property ?

[@sanjayshah7776]

@@phillipchan6919 Colonialisation is not a surrender. It is a despicable subjagation of a people.

[@phillipchan6919]

@@sanjayshah7776 The people may not want to surrender. But, the fact is Indian Kings surrender to British rules.

[@Hypocritial]

Time to replace the word "Loot" with "British"

[@Aftermath-News]

Time to replace "toilet" with India

[@lostsoul8055]

@@Aftermath-News "Time to replace people's names in your country with the word Slumdonkies.", Is it fine Mr defected Western creature.💁‍♂🌝

[@Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408]

​@@Aftermath-News British genocided, looted, other races and cultures that's why the name loot is justified for British. But your Racist hate against India cannot be justified and you know it. You can only come up with failed stereotypes like the Portuguese caste system, untouchability, and other anti-hindu demonisations without any physical tangible evidence.

[@ArjoRoy-pe6tf]

@@Aftermath-News look, the guy with constipation be really copin hard!

[@Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408]

​@@Aftermath-News It seems youtube doesn't have courage to handle the truth. That's why it deletes my comments. I was saying that British genocided, torchered, engineered artificial famines, and looted natives that's why the word loot for British is justified, but your hate for India is based on stereotypes, missionary hinduphobia BS hence cannot justified.

[@Navshar.]

Shiva is an Energy,,,,,,An Eternal Energy 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SK-im7hs]

The Male statute is Shiva. But the female one is something else or Shiva's another avatar?

[@Beingrighteous678]

​@@SK-im7hs na the female one is just a dancing lady statue

[@KA-pq3yz]

British involved in looting?! Not a surprise to me 😂😂

[@subhajitsarkar4432]

they are in everything

[@anshushivhare8607]

​@@subhajitsarkar4432they are in every bad work in the world 😊

[@Satanreincarnation-zg6sl]

@@subhajitsarkar4432, yap! But are mostly know for looting other countries.

[@A-yl8bi]

Abhi toh loot ka bs 0.0001% diya h

[@porothashawarma2339]

They looted so much they even stole the word loot into their dictionaries

[@trueobc5727]

Congratulations to Thailand. They should protect and worship it. So never lost again

[@BeauBodhi88]

If both the Angkorian-style “Golden Boy” statue as well as the Angkorian-style “Kneeling Female” statue were both made in the 11th century during the Khmer Empire, and Thailand didn’t exist yet as a Kingdom until the 13th century, specifically 1238 AD, then how does it make sense that those statues are Thai and returned to Thailand? That’s as if the Turkish were to say that Byzantine Greek artifacts taken and displayed in the NYC’s MET museum should be returned to Turkey because Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) is now part of Turkey. Does it make sense to you? Because it sure doesn’t make sense to me how Khmer-style sculptures created centuries before the first Kingdom of Thailand was founded is returned to Thailand. And to make sure I am overreacting, I wanted to see if there are any other ethnic groups that think and behave the same way as Thais and Vietnamese, so I Googled, “Do Muslim Turks claim Greek artifacts belong to them” since the nomadic Turkish invaded and annexed Greek lands, and I found many links reading the Turkish desire Greek artifacts from the British Museum returned to them! Thais, Vietnamese and Turkish whom are all tribal nomadic pagans all think and behave the same way! It’s such a weird mentality to have! I don’t understand tribal people’s mentality at all! I guess I really am the uniquest-born fraternal twin Beau Bodhi Apollo Kingdom Boy!!!

[@asonng1472]

They saying that idol is Bhagwan Shiva, then hinduism presented in today's Thailand even before the Thai people exist. Your examples of Turkish and Greek yeah that make sense. Bcz Turks now are Muslims, As for the Thai people, they're Buddhist, that's Indian origin culture not any abrahamic religion. And hindusim and Buddhism are one. So today's their identity not same as Turkish identity @@BeauBodhi88

[@BeauBodhi88]

@@asonng1472 You’re clearly confused about the purpose of religion, making you in fact not true descendants of kingdom people. The battle is between pro-monarchy religion where they praise the idea that god is born in human form to be king versus the idea that god cannot be human but a phantom great spirit in the sky which is tribal pagan. And based on what you said you are definitely a tribal pagan.

[@BeauBodhi88]

@@asonng1472 you’re clearly confused on the knowledge of religion. The battle is between pro-monarchy on earth religions where they praise and raise the uniquest-born human (fraternal twin) as god-king to create law and order versus superstitious tribal people who do not respect human law but worship the wind. Thus this expose you are in fact not a descendant of true kingdom people but tribal pagans. Moreover kingdom people are exclusive, secluded and fortified. They do not believe in inclusion. Whereas Thais seem to praise their invasion and defeat of battles proving they think like all invasive tribal pagans of the world from Vietnamese to Mongolians to Turkish.

[@Yogi_The_Bitter_Truth_2408]

​@EvanChorm Who told you Hindu tribes are pagan? There is only one God in Hinduism that is existence itself and 24/7 evident, it is omnipresent energy hence can be worshipped in every particle, idol, river, tree, mountain, related to their clan, tribe, Varna, gotra, sampradayas as so on. What superstitious imaginary savior, prophet, messiah, kingdom, sin, 72 virgins, flat earth, nonsense are you talking about you are just being religio-racist hater. Get civilized

[@samuelezeogu3849]

Did they also return the money generated from these statues over the years? If not, the criminal looters should audit there books and get the cash ready. Shameless looters!

[@gshrdy5415]

British were the horrible people then, now they are most civilized people in the world, we use their language.

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Countries like India do not have any International Museums at all. The share of International tourists in India is 0.00001% where as for London it is 5%. So many people would have watched these artefacts in British museums and Britain had taken care of these otherwise neglected artefacts. So India and Thailand have to pay for care charges to British.

[@1974me]

​@@kamandalamjalam1541get your self made FACTS check . Internet is not costly to use.

[@1974me]

​@@kamandalamjalam1541And nobody begged them to take care of something belong to our country.THEY LOOTED , AND DON'T GLORIFY SUCH THING.If your country has gone through this u would have known.

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

@@1974me I am an Indian and I am fed up with the lies perpetrated by Phalki

[@tigeragri5355]

Lord SHIVA bless all of them Chant OM NAMA SHIVAYA that will purify everybody 's heart Thanks to that guys who decide to give back Congratulations palki

[@radeonblue1816]

The moment you mention "loot" we all know which country's name comes in mind

[@sumchakungkho4308]

Now return our kohinoor too

[@phillipchan6919]

No Chance. 😂

[@anshushivhare8607]

Bhai usko bahin rahne do vaise bhi vo srapit hai

[@anshushivhare8607]

There are many more things other than kohinoor

[@sumchakungkho4308]

@@anshushivhare8607 right we want them back too

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Countries like India do not have any International Museums at all. The share of International tourists in India is 0.00001% where as for London it is 5%. So many people would have watched these artefacts in British museums and Britain had taken care of these otherwise neglected artefacts. So India and Thailand have to pay for care charges to British.

[@Suriyavanna]

Whether it´s Secular, Hindu or a Buddhist figure let´s be happy that Dharma/ Asian (religious) statues will be returned. No need for division in the Sangat/ Sangha.

[@deadshot6135]

Yes sanatan is the ultimate dharma which connects all dharmas

[@circuitworm1496]

@@deadshot6135 Agree to your statement. But redical bhimta gay army will not agree to it. They always keep claiming shittss

[@Suriyavanna]

@@deadshot6135 Read the last line again.

[@Satanreincarnation-zg6sl]

@@Suriyavanna, it is all about the Vedic Culture.

[@Harsh-ii6tc]

​@@Suriyavannadivision came with abrahmic religions... dharmic faiths were always coexisted even atheista belonging from branches of sanatan dharm like Charvaka Buddhism Jainism etc....and there was nothing such as Hindu Buddhist (any ism or ist) there were just different Indian philosophy which were followed by people as they wanted to worship the same god the supreme god parbrahm or Parmatma and all the deities are manifestation of the same one formless power...there were no divison...it came with abrahmic religions when people came to know about the concept of religion which was based on a single book and some prophets whose teachings was followed blindly because anyone would get k!lled for questioning for blasphemy....then people here to created religions which are actually just sects or different Indian philosophy.

[@Liboch]

To be fair, British is not a coloniser of Thailand. In fact Thailand was never been colonised. And the statues were not looted, but smuggled out illegally.

[@lem5959]

Yup the 65 yo lady who first found golden boy said she digged this statue from ruined temple near her house and sold it to British guy for $32000 the statue was decorated with real gold and diamond she came out and apologized to Thai people after she realised she sold archeological treasure illegally

[@Man.u_252]

Clambodia

[@artist_ratan]

Shiv and Shakti coming back to its main source! 🙏🏻

[@d-cypher9297]

"It may not surprise you to learn that there was some british involvement in looting " 😂😂

[@i_am_very_happy798]

IKRR!😂😂😂

[@Caernarfon]

Good for them that it is own by American Museum if it is British Museum they going to bring up thousands of bullshit reason to not return it 😂

[@freeman4899]

British has also stolen Greek artifacts

[@user-wq4gc9xn5r]

Om 🕉 🕉 namah siva 🎉🎉

[@kjeldar01]

Shiv hi Satya hai ❤️🕉️🙏

[@rjclue2630]

He is all three. Thamas , rajas and satvas. Mahadeva. 😊 he helps anyone who practice yoga and do meditation 😊 Aum na ma Shi Va ya Aum - sound of origin Na - earth 🌍 Ma - water 💦 Shi - fire 🔥 Va - air 💨 Ya - aakash 😊 He js eleverthing. Nirmanakayas 😊

[@Leonskennedy675]

@@rjclue2630 its just pseudoscience kuch to dimag lagalo yrr har baar astha per hi kheloge kya jise andjvishwas bhi kehte hai 15% ho world me fir bhi sochte ho 85% glt honge glt dharm religion ko follow krr rhe honge yhi kahani un logo ki bhi hai😂 poor religious people jo thda sa question ya think bhi nhi krr skte😂

[@bittoolal]

Kya khata hai bhai ?​@@Leonskennedy675

[@rjclue2630]

@@Leonskennedy675 ahankar always has a definite answer for everything. There is only one ahankar. Rest will be on top soil. But yogi never dies. Kalabhirva :)

[@circuitworm1496]

@@Leonskennedy675 bhimta boy barking everywhere.. 🐕 *"Bhaauu bhauu bhauuu bhauu"*

[@valmiki527]

Om Namashivaya Hara Hara Mahadev Shambho Shankara PAHIMAM PAHIMAM Rakshamam 🚩🚩🚩🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@circuitworm1496]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 *Now, Bhimtas will start claiming that "It is buddha's statue"*

[@AnuragKumar-df3wi]

These Bhimtas are fake, beware of them, they will claim everything

[@Vimdhayak69]

If u look closer you'll find the colour of the statue is blue 🙂

[@circuitworm1496]

@@Vimdhayak69 So? What are you saying? Are you also trying to claim that , it's Buddha's statue 🤣

[@Vimdhayak69]

@@circuitworm1496 u gott me 😭🤣

[@circuitworm1496]

@@Vimdhayak69 yes! I got you very well bro! You are not from bhimta gay army 🤣🤣

[@ppizza7238]

Thank you for giving back to Thailand. This is because King Jayavarman was a Phimai native from Nakhon Ratchasima Province of Thailand.

[@KhomAsian]

And Prasat Phimai is also ancient Khmer temple. Good for Siem thai to protect it and worship ancient Khmer culture. Love.

[@ppizza7238]

​@@KhomAsian You have to learn new history. King Chaiyavaraman was a Khom. Not Khmer The Khmers were formerly slaves. Who betrayed Jayavarman to the throne

[@ppizza7238]

@@KhomAsian You must learn between Khmer and Khom

[@pkcambo5936]

@@ppizza7238the news said the Khmer art so how come Thai doesn’t have their own art because of Thai copy from Khmer art in the past even alphabet number culture. The Khmer king jayavarman VI or golden boy was Khmer king during Khmer empire. That mean no Thai existing yet ..I can’t believe how low thai people as like you don’t know your own history . Thai word just use less than 100 years . And Siam use Khmer alphabet for long time but before they used Chinese alphabet. Khmer empire existed before the first kingdom of Siam . There is no king name jayarvarman in Thai history at all . How come you claim without evidence? There are lots of Khmer temple in Thailand now. Do you think temple build in one day ..how come there is no Thai script at all..the world only see Khmer ancient script on those wall. You should learn proper history back then before you get died.

[@chumchub7476]

Khom and Khmer គឺជាជាតិសាសន៍តែ១ទេ អ្នកដែលគួររៀនឡើងវិញគឺថៃនិងឯង មិនដែលទទួលស្គាល់ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រខ្លួនឯង ត្រកូលជ័យវរ្ម័នគឺជាស្ដេចខ្មែរដែលគ្រប់គ្រងជាច្រើនជំនាន់មកហើយ ឯកសារបរទេសក៏បង្រៀនពីប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រខ្មែរដែរបើទំនេរគួរតែទៅបើកមើលខ្លះទៅ ហើយឈប់អួតទៅប្រូខ្មាសគេ សូម្បីអាមេរិកក៏ទទួលស្គាល់ថាវាជាសិល្បៈខ្មែរដែរ បើមិនចឹងគេមិនដាក់ Khmer art in Thailand ទេ គ្រាន់តែតែគេប្រគល់ទៅតាំងដើមដែលជាអតិតទឹកដីខ្មែរពីមុន ខ្ញុំក៏មិននឹកស្មានថាថៃគោរពស្ដេចខ្មែរយ៉ាងនឹងដែរ

[@NeekaSimon]

There are many heads of Khmer statues in Thai warehouses in Thailand and many bodies of Khmer statues missing heads in Khmer warehouses in Cambodia.

[@airypie83]

Ask French, then 😂

[@NeekaSimon]

@@airypie83 The French Guimet Museum in Paris have no heads only in Thai warehouses in Thailand and in the French Versailles and Fontainebleau only have the painting of Siam envoy wearing the Chinese outfits kneeling in front of the French royal courts.

[@airypie83]

@NeekaSimon That painting is the outfit of the Siamese ambassadors who visited the Chinese king in the past, so they dressed in Chinese style to honour China. Like the time the Siamese ambassador visited the King of France, they also dresses in French style as a sign of respect. You misunderstood. I understand that you may not understand the term "social etiquette" and "respect for others." And the heads of Buddha statues in Thailand are kept because they came from in the days when Thais and foreigners came to illegally cut off the heads of Buddha statues at various ancient sites in Thailand and sell them, the police caught them. So police seized it and kept it. The person who cut it destroyed parts of the body, making it impossible to reattach the head of the Buddha statue. In the past, villagers in Cambodia secretly cut off the heads of Buddha statues and sold them to foreigners as well. No one will take only the Buddha head that they bought and put it on display in a museum. Hope you understand what I'm telling you.

[@sineenartl]

Give us evidence. All rumor are fakes.

[@tarunika983]

Give back the 45 trillions and Kohinoor diamonds and Culture and heritage of India..you shameless Kingdom

[@phillipchan6919]

The Kohinoor diamond was transferred legally as a gift. No return.

[@tarunika983]

@@phillipchan6919 looters can say whatever they want...Once a theif always a theif...

[@phillipchan6919]

@@tarunika983 Indian properties may not be considered a loot. Because Land and properties were surrendered to British by Indian Lords and Indian kings, Britain has legal ruling on these lands and properties.

[@tarunika983]

@@phillipchan6919 wherever there's British there's a loot 😂..

[@ElonHusky]

@@phillipchan6919 so does the immigrants no returns and they ll take your jobs

[@kingsinix8570]

Beautiful ❤

[@sswayamprakash]

There's another statue of Krishna dancing on Kaalinga's (snake) head which was looted from Tamil Nadu to US via Thailand. Smuggler Subash's agent sold it to US. This man (Douglas) was involved in that case too.

[@shobinyad6643]

@3:35 - The sculpture of Vishnu Bhagwan and Maa Lakshmi is so beautiful.

[@santhoshp4732]

In this video too we can see (3.33) looted 3:34 lord Shiva and goddess madurai Meenakshi statue which is in celestial marriage form. Modi government please take initiatives like the Thai government and return back to Tamil Nadu

[@NationalSecurityGuard108]

🤟🏼😎 Sonia's sister "Ganpati Museum" is located in Italy. Filled with 90% Indian antiquities How did these statues reach there?

[@Pandeyziipandit]

Demn

[@garizonmann1284]

There's also the TARA Gold statue kept at Chicago museum

[@user-ps6fk5cd8b]

Disgusting how they still have the audacity to keep it isn’t it, particularly if they have obtained through force.

[@asonng1472]

​​​@@user-ps6fk5cd8bthey're shameless people look their at crown that's decorated with stolen goods. Still they don't feel any shame by wearing it n showing World

[@phillipchan6919]

You might have to prove that the TARA Gold Statue was not a surrendered property of Indian Lords and Indian Kings during British conquest or British ruling of India.

[@user-ps6fk5cd8b]

@@phillipchan6919 that alone from what you said for us already spoke for itself.

[@singularity3021]

I am afraid! ise bhi koi Buddhist statue na bta de qki ajkal to kich certain group ke log har hinduism vli chise ko Buddhism ka btane lg gye mtlb har ek chise jo hinduism se related hai usko vo Buddhism ka bta rhe jbki orginal Buddhism followers kuch nhi kah rhe but so called Buddhism followers ye kr ke pta nhi kaun sa Santosh pa rhe

[@circuitworm1496]

They aren't Buddhists. They are Chamars who claims it!.

[@smritipandey07]

meri dil ki baat boldi yaar tumne🙂

[@ashutosh827]

​@@smritipandey07😂😂😂

[@-rate6326]

Dharmik log differentiate nii karte. Ki ye buddhist god hai ye Hindu god. Ye sab nii hota dharmik religions me. Isse liye log dono religion ke gods worship karte. Buddhism later religion hai toh inheritance hogya.

[@asonng1472]

That people are jai bheem. They're not Buddhist they just need some place that they can blame, disrespect hinduism. In the end they'll not become Hindus, not Buddhist, not Indians even not humans who wasted their whole life living in their past tragedy history which present time wasn't exist. They hated their motherland which giving them all facilities free without considering their capabilities

[@fusionquerico]

How can there be loot without British being involved in it??

[@CaesarT973]

Vanakam 🌳🦚🌦️ Thank you for sharing Thank you for returning, the gentleman from British

[@mckoylach1622]

Many of the Khmer artifacts were stolen by many European countries from Cambodia,even Cambodia neighboring countries stole these artifacts from Cambodia…it’s so sad that Cambodia has been a victim of some sort up until now

[@babyboo7741]

Try harder or cry harder 😂😂😂 Claimbodia🤪😝

[@ruthp448]

A Siam don't exit in 1000 years who it the Khmer ancestors they probably Don't understand what the Siam say when they pray that why the old hand written in the old Khmer language.

[@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183]

​@@babyboo7741 Western archaeologist have already established that the statue is a Khmer statue and not Thailand's. I have the textbook about this statue and that it is part of a collection of other Khmer statues. The MET museum is being petty and hateful towards Cambodia for proving that they have looted artifacts. Since their reputation is ruined, they gave the Khmer statue to another known looting country like Thailand.

[@biwroadtotravel6735]

​@@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183The kingdoms Copy lands in Asean by Claimbodia 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183]

​@@biwroadtotravel6735 Your copy and paste comments are boring and unimaginative and a reflection of a society with limited thoughts and new ideas, thus incapable of creating art and culture. Please continue to comment this way as it shows the world what we already know.

[@paawankapdi]

1:19 real life Mr Burns from the Simpsons spotted 🤣

[@petekhauv2476]

I believed both are Cambodian.

[@fongfong9908]

Yes indeed, they decided to give them back to Thailand because those artifact was smuggle from an ancient khmer temple nowadays located in Thailand. It was not looted but smuggled illegally from Thailand.

[@sumchakungkho4308]

We want our kohinoor back

[@phillipchan6919]

No chance. 😂

[@sumchakungkho4308]

@@phillipchan6919 why?

[@phillipchan6919]

@@sumchakungkho4308 It was a gift, not a loot.

[@sumchakungkho4308]

@@phillipchan6919 who told you it was a gift

[@phillipchan6919]

@@sumchakungkho4308 The last legal transfer was recorded as a gift. It was written in British history that it was a gift to Queen Victoria. How did Britain loot the diamond from India? Do you have another story? How may Indians died protecting the kohinoor diamond? I am not British, but I am willing to protect it from lies on it. I am sure UK PM Rishi Sunak, like any loyal UK citizens, is willing to give their lives to protect this Kohinoor Diamond. 🎂🥂

[@jjj0nathan]

it is not just physical loot, it is a loot of our culture and heritage, to make us forget our past, our links to our past,

[@pearlheartlocket]

⁠​⁠ พระเจ้าชัยวรมันเป็นกษัตริย์ขอมไม่ใช่เขมร ประวัติศาสตร์นี่มีบันทึกหลักฐานชัดเจน ชาวเขมรอาจไม่ทราบเพราะข้อมูลอขงคนในประเทศ เหมือนกับที่ทั่วโลกรู้ว่าสุนทรภู่เป็นคนไทย King Jayavarman was the king of Khom is not Khmer. This history has clear evidence. Cambodians may not know because of information from people in the country. Just as the whole world knows that Sunthorn Phu is Thai. 🇹🇭 Thailand has all kinds of royal craftsmen, craftsmen, painters, weavers, church builders, caretakers in the past, and of course today, there are some Countries nearly Thai who like to claim to be their own. Are you not ashamed ? He knows the whole world. Where is your technician?

[@sachinyadav5637]

Thank you for doing rightful act

[@chandarasena]

Thai or Siam country was born in the 13th century, how they have made these statues? They should be belong to Cambodia not Thailand, why American give to Thailand?

[@thaelan]

Thailand give large money to US while Khmer government not take any action 😢

[@Virakouch99]

A lot of Cambodia’s statue are in Thailand. Thai authority should return it to their proper home.

[@Man.u_252]

Clambodia

[@Oppalalo-uu9fo]

Claimbodia 💩🇰🇭

[@unknown550c]

How I wish that the US return the Golden Tara to the Philippines as well. 🙏

[@Sreevaranasi]

When will Britain return the loot from India, currently in various museums there?

[@phillipchan6919]

These Indian lords and Indian Kings surrendered under British rules. Because Indian lords and Indian kings surrender to Britain, The British has controlling rights to lands and properties of India before 1947.

[@ShivamSen-co1cs]

​@@phillipchan6919 your justification is quite absurd here . These things doesn't belong to a particular person. Temples are not the property of anyone's. ... Not even the king so your logic here is not aligning with real facts

[@ShivamSen-co1cs]

​@@phillipchan6919and i suggest you to read real history , not that history where British Empire glorified as something heavenly that changed world. .. and i think you don't know about Alexander defeat in India and the way how britishers got land from us... I suggest you to look more into it. A 20 min video will teach you an enough history

[@AdamEmmanuel2]

@@ShivamSen-co1csWithout Britain, India will never be united. There might be many small kingdoms fighting each other until this day. Before 1947, Britain as a rulers of the land, had full rights to take things whatever they wanted.

[@ShivamSen-co1cs]

@@AdamEmmanuel2 i already told you to do some research before speaking with your brainwashed mind. Just look at the thousands year old history and just look at the map of Mughal Empire which was the most later one

[@whytarang2742]

Some British involvement 🤣

[@karthikshettyable]

Great

[@TheSwanlake2009]

The most beautiful indian woman broadcaster in the world

[@amarenderreddy5298]

Maybe britishers have eye on her too…to loot and keep her in a museum 😂

[@TwizJex]

I saw the statue name tag called, “The Khmer art in Thailand”.

[@beesaiyaitong1471]

It a khom art , not khmer

[@booneynong5873]

Khom = Khmer , thanks for Thailand to bow down to our Khmer king 🤣

[@beesaiyaitong1471]

@@booneynong5873 I don’t think so

[@pkcambo5936]

@@beesaiyaitong1471​​⁠the news said the Khmer art so how come Thai doesn’t have their own art because of Thai copy from Khmer art in the past even alphabet number culture. The Khmer king jayavarman VI or golden boy was Khmer king during Khmer empire. That mean no Thai existing yet ..I can’t believe how low thai people as like you don’t know your own history . Thai word just use less than 100 years . And Siam use Khmer alphabet for long time but before they used Chinese alphabet. Khmer empire existed before the first kingdom of Siam . There is no king name jayarvarman in Thai history at all . How come you claim without evidence? There are lots of Khmer temple in Thailand now. Do you think temple build in one day ..how come there is no Thai script at all..the world only see Khmer ancient script on those wall. You should learn proper history back then before you get died.

[@NeekaSimon]

@@beesaiyaitong1471No Khom in the world map and no Khom in world history, only Khmer.

[@keatkimheng]

Amazing Khmer sculpture

[@beesaiyaitong1471]

Not Khmer sculpture

[@keatkimheng]

@@beesaiyaitong1471 check Google before reply on my comment

[@ankitamanweb]

What a line... British involvement in looting 😃

[@tarunika983]

😂😂

[@moraramu3340]

#JaiHind

[@drsowmya3172]

So many artecraft s were looted from India ,why they are not returned?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Countries like India do not have any International Museums at all. The share of International tourists in India is 0.00001% where as for London it is 5%. So many people would have watched these artefacts in British museums and Britain had taken care of these otherwise neglected artefacts. So India and Thailand have to pay for care charges to British.

[@phillipchan6919]

Thailand never surrendered to Britain. Thailand was never a colony of Britain. But, India rulers unconditionally surrendered to Britain. India was a colony of Britain and so everything belongs to Britain. Indian artifacts taken during British rule may not be proven as looted.

[@abcb1683]

Simple answer: U lost against East India Company😂

[@phillipchan6919]

It may not be considered a loot. Because Land and properties were surrendered to British by Indian Lords and Indian kings, Britain has legal ruling on these lands and properties.

[@NirajKumar-wb5hg]

​@@phillipchan6919hey man this video doesnt include china so why barking here

[@kalyanandmaincharts2582]

British ❌ Lootery ✅

[@samm35393]

This is one of many Cambodia khmer ancient temples in Thailand or Siam Laos Vietnam where Cambodia khmer empire were there back then all the way to Burma border what is now Mymnama

[@kirikirikirihara]

Why do you want to insert not relevant things in this?

[@xxw6235]

ชนชาติตลก

[@pkcambo5936]

@@kirikirikirihara​​⁠the news said the Khmer art so how come Thai doesn’t have their own art because of Thai copy from Khmer art in the past even alphabet number culture. The Khmer king jayavarman VI or golden boy was Khmer king during Khmer empire. That mean no Thai existing yet ..I can’t believe how low thai people as like you don’t know your own history . Thai word just use less than 100 years . And Siam use Khmer alphabet for long time but before they used Chinese alphabet. Khmer empire existed before the first kingdom of Siam . There is no king name jayarvarman in Thai history at all . How come you claim without evidence? There are lots of Khmer temple in Thailand now. Do you think temple build in one day ..how come there is no Thai script at all..the world only see Khmer ancient script on those wall. You should learn proper history back then before you get died.

[@KaiDon1]

Everyone knows that, it is just a part of history. You should stay with the present. Reclaiming your past entity this way doesn't make any good image to your people . In the fact, Thailand has a big portion of the ancient Khmer land, they have a right to claim what had found in their land.

[@samm35393]

@KaiDon1 you do have mother and father that what you want to know where you come out from like what Thailand or Siam today are foreign or immigration from China slaves that China killed off 4 million every year because China no longer needs them and shortage of food....khmer Cambodia people save them from China

[@dr.agupta]

Palki, please start a channel in the UK. The british youth needs some true education about their ancestors.

[@anuragyadav5097]

Bhai humara kab ayega

[@sumchakungkho4308]

I was saying the same thing🤣🤣

[@user-kv9wi5qy9v]

Ek Indian hone ke nate hum bhi so called great Britain (looteron)se apne heritage or etihasik kalakritiya vapis mangte he 😅,......

[@flyhigh4000]

Har Har Mahadev ❤️ 🔱

[@meenachisundarmsinniah2439]

Make sure proper prayers to get power for thailand

[@SirNova2o9]

That statue is older than the nation of Thailand. Why? Because is a Cambodian art statue. 😊

[@user-vo7on2tr5z]

Cliamcodia

[@SirNova2o9]

@@user-vo7on2tr5z descendent of thieves still want Cambodian treasure. Show how much they are obsessed with Cambodian Art. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ruthp448]

Khmer Statue ancestors old land now in Thailand Khmer Status king in Tailand.

[@meenachisundarmsinniah2439]

Mr douglas you are a good person who actually bought to safe this artifac and god bless you

[@sarithachedurupally9328]

🙏1:-Standing stat chu is kalabairava means (one of shiva avatar). I think some people were remove naga devata part at Shiva's neck. 2:- in sitting stachu (dyana shiva )and allso remove shiva long hair.. 3:-lady is yogini (sri matha )devi she is doing tapasya to shiva..

[@richardanthony907]

Raja raja Cholan... conquered South East Asia 1000 years ago... Siva is the only identity those days.

[@AlecO-xh8rt]

Maybe the statues depicts the king as lord shiva ;)

[@abcb1683]

Its Lord buddha statue

[@rahulcharit5199]

​@@abcb1683 everything you see it's become buddha😂

[@tivo3720]

@@abcb1683 I'm buddha

[@AdamEmmanuel2]

@@abcb1683I am Buddhist from Thailand. This statue will never be Buddha. The golden boy statue was made after the image of King Jayavarman VI of Phimai which was Hindu back then. Jayavarman VII (of Khmer empire) is the only one who made Buddha images as He was Buddhist.

[@chaya973]

@@AdamEmmanuel2thank you. The truth. We can be friends.

[@adinamohan4453]

Hope all indian artifacts too will be returned to india someday

[@melregissings]

If it's over 1000 years old, it might actually belong to Khmer people (Cambodians). Thailand wasn't a concept 1000 years ago.

[@user-fv9fm4fg5t]

The ancient Khmer king and should return to Khmer land.

[@shreeraaman1667]

I imagine that the Thais must have stolen plenty of priceless Khmer artefacts over the centuries.

[@user-fv9fm4fg5t]

@@shreeraaman1667 only the one who knows the history knows the truth. Thank you.🙏

[@phillipchan6919]

Where is Khmer land today?

[@forlua9211]

With the same logic Cambodia surely have to return many many items to India...

[@sophallvoek7825]

@@forlua9211pardon? What statues were taken from India by Cambodian?

[@Stayed_triggered]

It was found in Thailand but it was smuggled out of Cambodia. This artifacts belongs to the Khmer people and not Thai.

[@ajtom4987]

No, it was in Thailand

[@Stayed_triggered]

@@ajtom4987 I said it was smuggled out of Cambodia and hidden my the smugglers in Thailand. I’ve seen the video and it says the same thing.

[@xxw6235]

มีคนแค่15ล้านคน แต่อ้างความยิ่งใหญ่ ตลกว่ะ

[@Man.u_252]

​@@Stayed_triggeredเขมรเป็นเพียงทาส ปัจจุบันก็ยังเป็นอยู่มาขายแรงงานที่ไทยจำนวนมาก

[@user-hz7ci4kq7k]

We need Dvaravati Srithep(Srideva) Bhuddha statue from Norton Simon,Sanfrancisco museum. It’s the masterpiece of Thailand.Someone stolen from ancient Dvaravati Srithep archeology site ,Petchabun province, Thailand.

[@PoonamSharma-nc5no]

Radhey Radhey chant hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare ram hare ram ram ram hare hare minimum 16 round daily 108×16 read Bhagwad gita nd alwaysbehappy gurantee u see the difference within 2 month

[@VivekBisht856]

Har har Mahadev 🚩🔱🔱🔱

[@facthub9964]

Give back our artefacts 😡 UK government

[@Fagrahamic_Slayer]

Khmer Hindu Empire 🗿 Majapahit Hindu Empire 🗿 Champa Hindu Empire 🗿 Great South Asian Hindu Trio🗿💪🏼

[@chaya973]

Yes. This is Hindu artifact and Thailand is Buddhist country. They did not create this artifact.

[@Fagrahamic_Slayer]

@@chaya973 There were Multiple Hindu Empires that Ruled South East Asia

[@bittoolal]

Jai shiv shambhu 🚩🙏

[@devilxboi]

Har har Mahadev❤

[@sanses5957]

Get the news right It was from Cambodia 🇰🇭

[@AdamEmmanuel2]

Why US don’t return it to Cambodia then? This statue was discovered in soil of Thailand, so it belongs to Thailand.🇹🇭

[@NeekaSimon]

@@AdamEmmanuel2The US returned this Khmer bronze statue to Thailand because the wife of the British Douglas Latchford who bought this Khmer statue in black market in Thailand, he lent this Khmer bronze statue to the Mets museum when he was alive, she is a British originated Thai woman Pakpong Kriangsak. Her husband had a bad reputation known as an art smuggler in Britain, so she asked American Ambassador in Bangkok to speak on her behalf pretending to make friendship between the US and Thailand, so she can be avoid of being heard in Britain.

[@saarbjitthakur3851]

Return all deities from India

[@ganesan.mm.ganesan3631]

Thai - it means mother, land- earth so, we praise Thailand is a Mother land of the God created.

[@pkcambo5936]

Thai just use recently ,before is siam came from Chinese land and then came to serve Khmer king during khmer empire actually. Thai alphabet really came from khmer alphabet including culture .

[@joe58573]

The metropolitan Museum will be half empty, if they are to return all the artefacts that are looted from other places. 😂

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

Countries like India do not have any International Museums at all. The share of International tourists in India is 0.00001% where as for London it is 5%. So many people would have watched these artefacts in British museums and Britain had taken care of these otherwise neglected artefacts. So India and Thailand have to pay for care charges to British.

[@vibhac5403]

​@@kamandalamjalam1541 what rubbish are you talking?

[@kamandalamjalam1541]

@@vibhac5403 What I am saying is India could not safeguard thousands of its ancient temples. They have given up women and children to invading Arabs so that Islam replaced Hindus with 30% Muslims. When you have so many failures, why do you bother about small things like Diamond or old artefacts.

[@user-dq4tr2ph2e]

Om Namah Shivay🙏🙏🙏🙏 ॐ नमः शिवाय🙏🙏🙏🙏 ओम नमः शिवाय 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@dineshmalla3651]

Jai Shiva Bhagwan - Welcome home

[@dogfoodtogo]

Beautiful arts by Khmer empire of their sacred king 👑👑👑

[@NeekaSimon]

It’s Khmer art, not Thai art just like many Khmer temples in Thailand.

[@booneynong5873]

Funny that Thai admire our Khmer king 😂

[@NeekaSimon]

@@booneynong5873 Why can’t they just build a high tall bronze of their Chinese King Taksin from China who saved their Siam Ayutthaya from Burma lol Are they afraid of the Chinese claiming their Chinese hero Zhang Xin lol Taksin tomb in China kzbin.info/www/bejne/g163aqRjoqeXp80

[@AdamEmmanuel2]

@@booneynong5873Funny is that Khmer has no right in this statue. If you want to see the golden boy, you must take passport and go to see him in Thailand. 😭

[@booneynong5873]

No need to, Khmer had more statue in Cambodia then Thailand, there no such thing as Thai art 😂 the reason why it’s going back to Thailand because it’s in Thailand that was once Khmer land back during the empire era!

[@AdamEmmanuel2]

@@booneynong5873 But Khmer copy Thai art and Thai cloth of Ayutthaya period without shame. Forget Sampot, copy Sabai instead 😂 Whatever famous in Thailand, you will find them later in Khmerland. Current Khmer Just copy and paste, create nothing. Siemreap, Battabong, Srisophon, Kohkong were once provinces of Siam. You can see a lot of Siamese architecture there especially temples. Without your father France, these provinces are still with Thailand.

[@prashantdevadiga6696]

Om Namaha Shivaya 🙏🙏🙏

[@pritu365]

The whole of British Museum holds more than half of Indian artifacts. Otherwise The British Museum has no value.

[@BeauBodhi88]

If both the Angkorian-style “Golden Boy” statue as well as the Angkorian-style “Kneeling Female” statue were both made in the 11th century during the Khmer Empire, and Thailand didn’t exist yet as a Kingdom until the 13th century, specifically 1238 AD, then how does it make sense that those statues are Thai and returned to Thailand? That’s as if the Turkish were to say that Byzantine Greek artifacts taken and displayed in the NYC’s MET museum should be returned to Turkey because Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) is now part of Turkey. Does it make sense to you? Because it sure doesn’t make sense to me how Khmer-style sculptures created centuries before the first Kingdom of Thailand was founded is returned to Thailand. And to make sure I am not overreacting, I wanted to see if there are any other ethnic groups that think and behave the same way as Thais and Vietnamese, so I Googled, “Do Muslim Turks claim Greek artifacts belong to them” since the nomadic Turkish invaded and annexed Greek lands, and I found many links reading the Turkish desire Greek artifacts from the British Museum returned to them! Thais, Vietnamese and Turkish whom are all tribal nomadic pagans all think and behave the same way! It’s such a weird mentality to have! I don’t understand tribal people’s mentality at all! I guess I really am the uniquest-born fraternal twin Beau Bodhi Apollo Kingdom Boy!!!

[@abcb1683]

Facts!!

[@phillipchan6919]

Here is the deal. British looted the Khmer artifacts from Thailand. So, UK is justified to returned the artifacts back to Thailand. They were no taken from Khmer and can’t return to Khmer because it doesn’t exist today.

[@enlightenedbeing-wb3rc]

Thailand existed even during bronze age

[@BeauBodhi88]

@@phillipchan6919 Just because I was born in 1988 in what is present-day Thailand as the real life millennial fraternal twin Golden Boy Apollo/Beau like the 1,000-year-old Golden Boy Khmer statue and came to the NYC in the same year of 1988 as the statue, doesn’t make me ethnically Thai. I am still ethnically Khmer or Khemera/Chimera (The 3-in-1 Human Trinity) aka the Coming Bodhi (Cam-Bodhi).

[@phillipchan6919]

@@BeauBodhi88 Are representatives of the Khmer government? Do you wish the UK return the loot back to you alone? Do You want to keep the return because you are a Khmer without any government representation?

[@pkcambo5936]

Thanks thai to look after khmer statue and love khmer culture untill now

[@yuvarajvelmuruganmudaliyar]

The Bodleian Library in Oxford holds 8,700 Sanskrit manuscripts. Our government is incapable to recover from british family.

[@juderamnarine5617]

While the British looting removed these artifacts, I feel pretty certain that they would not have survived outside of a religious atmosphere in their original location. Let’s just be happy it’s returned. Har Har Mahadev..🙏🏽

[@sabyasaci]

Great British looting........😂but BBC won't stop lecturing......

[@Sesong11]

Thailand isn't the original home of this status. This status belong to Cambodia, this made even before Thailand existed.

[@angpaospannagel5848]

คำพูดขยะไร้หลักฐาน อเมริกาเขาคืนให้ตามหลักฐานว่ามาจากไหน

[@xxw6235]

ในปัจจุปันเขมรมีประชากรแค่15ล้านคน แล้วสมัยก่อนชนชาติเขมรจะมีกี่คน ชนชาติไทยกระจัดกระจายยุกันทั่วแผ่นดินเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ มันตลกมาก คนแค่หยิบมือ แต่อ้างว่ามีอาณาจักรที่ยิ่งใหญ่ ทุกวันนี้แม้แต่เครื่องปรุงรสอาหารเขมรยังทำเองไม่เป็น พึ่งไทยทุกอย่าง เขมรมีแต่คนโง่ๆ นึกไม่ออกเลยว่าจะยิ่งใหญ่ได้ไง

[@Therock-yk5dp]

Cambodia just new country after ww2

[@jubujubu7797]

โกหก คนป่า ไม่ใช่ของเขมร

[@phanich8217]

Hope.....Kohinoor reaches India soon

[@lyonyoth1493]

My Ancestors are Great ❤

[@NeekaSimon]

How can the US making friendships with Thailand over the Khmer art from Cambodia? Thai Ayutthaya walls are empty only bricks got nothing on the walls.

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

British doing what they do best.

[@vivavois8966]

03:50 same as the throne. It also denies any wrongdoing.

[@KrishnaSharma-kz6sj]

The dictionaries across the Globe should rewrite the Synonyms of Loot / Bandits/ Pirates/ Thieves as BRITISHERS.

[@sanses5957]

Cambodia 🇰🇭

[@Therock-yk5dp]

No , Claimbodia or Cambochina

[@NeekaSimon]

@@Therock-yk5dpLiar! Th-ief 😂

[@NeekaSimon]

Cambodia 🇰🇭👍

[@Therock-yk5dp]

@@NeekaSimon Claimbodia= Slave 😀

[@chaya973]

@@Therock-yk5dpThailand is Buddhist. This is Hindu artifacts. Stop trying to claim. Cambodia, Champa, and Indonesia are Hindu countries.

[@ancientgardensculinaryarts2183]

Cambodia worked hard with international law for decades to bring the major issue of looted artifacts in Western museums to court. Thailand was the middleman for these illegal looting and was given this statue as a vengeful move by the MET museum. Thailand has put little effort in these cases and should not be applauded with their ownership of a Cambodian statue. Without the media's interest in Cambodian looted artifacts this issue wouldn't have been public or help open the case for other countries. So please support Cambodia to rightly bring back this Khmer statue to be honored correctly rather than used inappropriately by the Thais.

[@sreelathanair1080]

I hope India gets bk all our treasure...

[@VirusCharlie]

It's not Lord Shiva. It's a statue of Khom (Thai ancient kingdom) King.

[@pkcambo5936]

The word Thai just use recently...how to prove that about Thai ancient kingdom? Only SIAM people who came from south of Chinese land in the past and then they were under Khmer empire actually. Thai alphabet is come from khmer alphabet really. The statue is Javaraman VI reign in 1080AD who was the khmer king during khmer empire, there is no thai kingdom existed yet at the time . Don't you open your eyes and look the label on it ..USA wrote" KHMER ART" it is not siam or thai art at all. True hisotry have been told and taught.

[@Autonomized214]

how come khmer artifacts are returned to the neighbouring country