Hunting Priceless Relics Stolen By An Infamous Art Thief

Hunting Priceless Relics Stolen By An Infamous Art Thief | Looted (Part 2/2)

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Жыл бұрын

Across Cambodia, Thailand, London and New York, investigators are on the hunt for evidence to reclaim ancient artefacts now housed in prominent museums around the world.
Hot on the trails of an infamous art dealer who plundered sacred temples for decades, a team of lawyers, archaeologists and researchers in Cambodia are unearthing ancient ruins and seeking out former looters to help bring over 2,000 looted Khmer statues back home.
In London, an amazing discovery by an art historian-turned-sleuth sends a retired archaeologist and his wife across Thailand in search of evidence that could force the Met Museum in New York to return one of its most famous statues.
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About the show: Countless priceless artefacts have been looted from Asia. A new generation of online sleuths are fighting to prove that they were stolen and reclaim what they believe is rightfully theirs.
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@CAMBODiANCh1natownChick Жыл бұрын

I am Cambodian (Khmer) & the recovery of these statues are very important. It is true that it is more than just art. These statues are a reminder of the strength, greatness, beauty & resiliency of our Cambodian (Khmer) ancestors.

@user-xu2vi5ok5d 8 ай бұрын

Keep it up.. One day if all reliecs its return to cambodia it must be the great history in past will be tellin' and appear for the young generations in cambodia. Your Country is a great.. Pay Homage to King Jayavarman II from Indonesia

@CAMBODiANCh1natownChick 8 ай бұрын

@@user-xu2vi5ok5d 🫶

@chamranhoum3160 6 ай бұрын

I agree bong srey

@CAMBODiANCh1natownChick 6 ай бұрын

@@chamranhoum3160 🙏🙏🙏

@striker44 Жыл бұрын

Skanda is Lord Murugan on Peacock - worshipped in Tamilnadu, India and in Singapore, Malaysia as well. Well done Cambodia. Hope you can recover your heritage pieces 🇰🇭

@ronaldreach Жыл бұрын

Nah it is similar but different

@Breakers246 Жыл бұрын

@@ronaldreach its not it's lord muragan in south India lord karkite in north india

@KinWong-uw5xz 10 ай бұрын

Corrupted white greedy thief. So shamefully. No human right.

@wip0111 10 ай бұрын

I like Laos because they accept the truth, Wat Phu is Khmer temple and Laos never claim as their temple, truth is truth. Laos is good, they never lie and they not changes the history to claim Khmer culture.

@user-xu2vi5ok5d 8 ай бұрын

i read all thailand peoples in social media they're fighting to claim all khmer herritages.. so sad

@crAZNimal 4 ай бұрын

funny thing is, its everywhere, temples are in Vietnam too, Vietnam dont claim its theirs, its old khmer ruins , it might be in Vietnam but they dont say "this is ours", its just in their country because it was there before them.

@shanghaichang 3 ай бұрын

Not true. Thai does acknowledge Khmer ancient temples, Phimai for example. Only the uneducated said otherwise!

@yorubamexico 9 ай бұрын

Superb documental, im from Mexico and feel great for Cambodians as we share great ancient and actual cultures, i wish that here in Latinamerica our people and governments had the same passion as for example Egypt and this cambodian people to bring back our ancestors cultural treasures, congratulations.

@user-xu2vi5ok5d 8 ай бұрын

Man if all of your ancestor History its unwrappen may be our history in the wrold will change.. there's a big secret of latin america history (aztec, Maya etc) Hopely your govenrment had the same passion with Cambodia..

@EustaquioSantimano Жыл бұрын

Another good documentary! I wish all of you success!!

@ArtHistoryProfessor 9 ай бұрын

I live in North Carolina and I am beyond certain that many pieces of Thai and Cambodian Khmer antiquities that are in the permanent collection of the Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have dubious provenances and were in all likelihood illegally looted.

@trannessa 10 ай бұрын

I remember when i was in Cambodia with family and i asked why there was missing heads from some of the statues at the temples we were visiting, and my uncle told me it was looted. I was baffled that this was still happening. Its gross knowing, there is so much stolen national treasures in Western countries like Australia where i live.

@chimodotojist687 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, CNA Insider for putting out this story. It is so riveting and emotional to watch. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@chietthach1389 10 ай бұрын

Our gods and our ancestors kings will soon come back home ! thanks you for all great heart and great teams

@donbrashsux 6 ай бұрын

They are all so passionate about their history which is the heart n sole of Cambodia .. the stolen statues look sad and terribly lonely in far away museums .. so far far frm home 🙏 amazing work frm this team .. priceless 🙏👍

@cwong5643 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, CNA Insider for putting out this story. It is so riveting and emotional to watch. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️👍🏻👏🏻

@mengdyko4130 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the hard work! May all ancient statues/spirit back alive in their original place.

@Silentbet1of 5 ай бұрын

I will never understand how we know where these items come from yet they are on full display in a country that stole it from them…and they are proud to show it, if ever you wonder who interest they have in heart just look where they keep stole artifacts

@saroth369 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your sharing and keeping for Cambodian 🇰🇭🙏

@kuarichirikushi 5 ай бұрын

Yes it is the perfect moment to return all artifacts to their rightful place, offering a glimpse of the Khmer Empire's grandeur. With that the Khmer people could proudly exhibit the genuine history to their neighbor in SEA, demonstrating the rich heritage of their land. All jewels and statues intertwine both the history and culture of Cambodia.

@babyhummingbird111 Жыл бұрын

Most Khmer Art was either looted by Thais or were sold by locals to Thailand during the 90s. So if it was looted again from Thailand. Then essentially any Khmer Art found internationally should be returned back to Cambodia. Folk legend in Cambodia has it that these Art has a soul and that eventually they will all find their way back to Cambodia where it belongs. Its just a matter of time.

@lolsiahsahf 11 ай бұрын

Claimbodia moment

@thovithyea8690 11 ай бұрын

@@lolsiahsahfit belong to Khmer why we cannot claim idiot

@khekkhemrin3466 10 ай бұрын

@@lolsiahsahf you call us clam Bodia, but in fact, in reality, you has nothing to show to the world poor Thai

@lolsiahsahf 10 ай бұрын

@@khekkhemrin3466 Another Khamen moment not a fact but reality

@lolsiahsahf 10 ай бұрын

@@khekkhemrin3466 Be poor and.hungry then illegally crossing border then work in Samut prakan poor Khamen rider

@paulhunter6742 6 ай бұрын

These researchers and that lawyer were extremely brave people. In some cases they're talking with former child solders whom involved in looting. I am sure many could be involved in Khemer killings of thousands of Cambodians in 1970s. And all this during high point COV19 pandemic.

@marnidamoulakis3827 Жыл бұрын

This is sooo interesting! Thanks for the upload!

@learningkhmerandenglishwit3316 17 күн бұрын

million thanks to all of you involved !!

@khomyut 10 ай бұрын

Buriram Thailand part of Cambodia land and ancient temple during empire 802 AD, Thankfully from US and other countries return our ancient artifact

@Sakda.168 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU CNA INSIDER FOR THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENTARY.

@pengseangsim Жыл бұрын

Golden boy belong to Cambodia

@maryhelenharris6149 10 ай бұрын

This breaks my heart , I hope you guys get all this art back and return it to its temples. you would think they would have police officers garden all these temples so nobody can break into them this breaks my heart I really do hope you guys get all your statues and belongings back to their temples. In the Angkor Wat temple you are miss the wood doors and 108 Buddha heads. Your missing the sun god statue of Surye in the Surya temple. I hope they get people to start guarding these temples so they don’t get defaced and destroyed any more.

@stephenjohnson6146 10 ай бұрын

Great work

@BackHomeFromTheStates 6 ай бұрын

Please met museum let us Cambodia bring our secred artifacts back to our home country where they're belong. Our king Jayavarrman the 6th and the rest of our Ancestor antiquities are belong to Cambodia Khmer Empire 🇰🇭

@vijiyakumaripathmanathan1092 Жыл бұрын

I am in tears. ❤

@saradykim3970 Жыл бұрын

អគុណណាស់ cna CNA Insider

@un7796 9 ай бұрын

I deeply respect and admire the team's that brought back Khmer ancient statues/souls to the original place 🙏🙏🙏pls beware that there are Vietnamese is controlling the country and lots of corrupt officials who can't wait to get a hold of the treasure .🎉🙏❤🙏🎉 thank you. God bless everyone.

@CuongNguyen-zn6jy 8 ай бұрын

Stop the bullshit fool without vietnam you would be all under the ground by your own kind. I think you need to worry more about the thais and chinese currently thats exploiting and taking over your country and its stupid weak people.

@sinitsen9265 10 ай бұрын

He done very amazing job 🙏🙏🙏

@ThePrahok884 10 ай бұрын

They not only statute stone but they have spirit. They made from khmer blood and heart 😭😭😭.

@vitoutep4433 10 ай бұрын

CNA please work professionally and fairly free from the pressure of Thailand. The world community is watching your works very closely. Once trust is lost, it's not good for CNA. Please work to bring back our souls.

@TheArtist8077 Ай бұрын

I don't see why people can not just buy replicas of these stolen items and return the real one's back to the people of Cambodia and Thailand, they would still have works of art by these people without stealing their heritage.

@Hong-yk7fp 7 ай бұрын

the golden boy statue is from khmer origin from siem reap not thailand

@SokunRia 9 ай бұрын

it's weird to see friendly faces in the documentary. but it's even weirder to know exactly where that Undisclosed Location is in Cambodia. perks of having worked with temples and archeologists i guess.

@couttsw 10 ай бұрын

Part 1 and Part 2 are identical, where is the real part 2 about the return of golden boy?

@chimodotojist687 10 ай бұрын

and i am so sad to see my culcer get stole by thai 😭

@rasophat4030 10 ай бұрын

This team can find where the golden man's base came from but they did not try to find how it got there. The base is rounded by concrete as well as how it has been installed and their informant was who speaks Khmer and Thai-Khmer. The question is, how dare you say that?

@phouleng Жыл бұрын

Golden boy belongs to Cambodia

@thovithyea8690 11 ай бұрын

It sad boreyrum not Khmer empire territory anymore . So Thai historian try to claim golden boy to their country but don't forget. it Khmer ancester create this statue. If it return to Thailand . Khmer soul still belong to that golden boy

@elizabethhurtado2829 Жыл бұрын

Great

@sovannrothbunheng7413 6 ай бұрын

king jayavarman vi is a khmer(Cambodian) king during the Angkor period and yet they wanted the statue of him to be returned to the land of Thai? How confusing ?

@rajesh844 Жыл бұрын

The Temples are all in RUINs ‼️🥺 Where will the recovered statues be placed UNLESS the Temples themselves are REJUVENATED 😱

@Ooilei 10 ай бұрын

Museums

@mik212who7 8 ай бұрын

32k views? Very underrated! Smoke a few cones and jump in

@thovithyea8690 11 ай бұрын

Nakhon ratchasima is nokor reachseima province during khmer empire before it lose to siam .

@Thelostgoldhunters 6 ай бұрын

"They were using metal detectors" , that's not how the statues got mutilated "they were using hammers and chisels"...

@jpadzlon4055 Жыл бұрын

So it's in Thailand but she's Cambodian it pretty obvious that it still belongs to Cambodians because we all know it Thailand was all Cambodia so where will the statue go because basically it still belongs to Cambodia.

@Voltaire8559 9 ай бұрын

Thailand and Cambodia are modern states, how do you imply that these modern entities have any political or sovereignty rights over any of the ancient states.

@SoPheak-jy4te 9 ай бұрын

Need to return them back to Cambodia..up to no good to.... there is curse from spiris in every statues

@tassia1954 6 ай бұрын

It's happening in Greece and Egypt for 200 or more !The marbles in London museum were cut of Parthenon by Lord Elgin!To be sold They destroyed the most famous building in the world!He took advantage of revolution and Ottoman empire sultan they gave him the permit to take down the temple of Athena!

@user-qh5ox2kc4r 10 ай бұрын

Golden Boy which is King Jayavarman VI who is the one who built Angkor Wat so it belongs to Cambodia not rocket science. Why is Angela Chuu so vague ‘uH wE dOn’T kNoW wHeRe iT cAmE fRom….’ 😂 The Thai authority must be paying her well, and no point trying to get back if it’s not going back to the right owner…

@channary6 5 ай бұрын

The Thai people they don’t research from the beginning because they knew exactly where is come from just work with their own team make there own story. So funny look carefully new glue on the bottom of the rock

@channary6 5 ай бұрын

@user-gy4nb5jh6c 6 ай бұрын

Where the king Jayavarmsn located in Thai or Cambodia? I learned history of king Jayavarman but still don’t know where is he coming from after l watch the this channel.

@nohomonohetero7932 4 ай бұрын

King Jayvaraman is Cambodian. But there were many kings of Cambodia that have this name, the last king with this name was King Jayvaraman the 9th

@himsokcheat Жыл бұрын

I think Cambodia and Thailand are neighbors. I just wonder why Cambodia still have many standing old temples and statues? Event they have face many war than Thailand?

@meerhamizanproduction Жыл бұрын

My thoughts is that the temple not just religious buildings but also symbols king power and majesty, some say the statue inside temple actually symbol of their king and his family

@andromedamessier3176 Жыл бұрын

Well most temples were found extremely destroyed. So the war did affect them, but yeah! It is still there. They built a lot of temples for religious reasons.

@Rath0495 Жыл бұрын

I think because most of those statues were built as to pay respect to our religion back then ( hinduism ), that is why you can see many statue of god Vishnu, Prahma, shiva, lakshmi, Hanuman, etc. For Thailand, they established their nation around 1238, and their main religious is Buddhism, so that is why not many Hinduism statues there.

@BB-pq3vj Жыл бұрын

Thailand was part of Angkor. With Cambodia being the motherland they have over 2000 temple all across Cambodia. Not including the Khmer temples built in Thailand,Laos or Vietnam. The magnitude of temples built in Cambodia is overwhelming so what you see still standing is just a fraction of what used to be. Many temples that predate Angkor wat by 600 years are in the jungle buried, destroyed, or looted Thailand didn't exist until 13th century and their temples are made out of mortar bricks except the ones built by Khmer . Khmers stop using mortar bricks I think after 9th century and went towards sandstone. I'm guessing Thais used bricks because it was easier for them or lack of sandstone. Not sure

@crAZNimal Жыл бұрын

@@BB-pq3vj yeah i noticed most of the Angkor empire was built with huge blocks. If you look at Siam Ayutthaya or other of old thai sites they use small bricks...

@danichchinchan192 10 ай бұрын

It is actually ridiculous to see thai team find random base and cemented it on larva rock to prove the golden boy statue is from thailand 😅 where ever it is from it just pathetic attempt by them

@kolapyellow7631 6 ай бұрын

The golden boy statue should be returnto Cambodia.

@24Julynight 9 ай бұрын

Oh, please, Thai, be working and acting up, all excited to claim the Golden Boy statue as theirs. Disgusting. Buriram province was once part of the vast Khmer Empire, and yeah, the land was taken and is now under Thai control, but please note that whether the "Golden Boy" statue was from the Khmer Empire or really from Buriram province, as they claimed in the video, that does not mean it is of Thai cultural origin. The "Golden Boy" statue is to be a portrait of King Jayavarman VI, the Khmer King! originated in the Khmer Empire. So whatever argument Thai raises is nonsense, and the statue must be returned to Cambodia.

@chietthach1389 10 ай бұрын

Please don’t turn your eyes and heart away from poorly Khmer people

@vigneshragu8124 10 ай бұрын

Skanda sound similar to Indian-Tamil god kandha AkA murgan. Son of Shiva. love to learn more about Skanda?

@pirate1367 Жыл бұрын

Lol, no more monument at the end.

@yothving4731 9 ай бұрын

Khmer Buddha A golden boy statue, that was the fifth Buddha,

@MissGoggles1980 8 ай бұрын

Whats with the indian music in the background? Cambodia has their own music why not play that?

@staz8999 6 ай бұрын

That’s so beautiful. Maybe they can go to London and get all those stolen classical artifacts, and statues from Greece, oh I forgot that’s priceless so let England keep that and give that whatever you wanna call it back to Cambodia. Pathetic. What did the Greeks do anyway?

@domenicscarcella55 4 ай бұрын

Come to Boston Mfa they have some to

@ikhsanali2356 Жыл бұрын

The British stole tons of Javanese artifacts and manuscripts

@user-rl2yg2qo8f 9 ай бұрын

😢😢❤❤

@cqpzg 6 ай бұрын

The art dealers didn't steal them. The locals that stole them and sold them are the real thieves.

@Pejr 7 ай бұрын

See Buriram villagers spook Khmer language in the video? Proof is proof (not only Buriram). That said Khmer is Thai’s ancestors. Just modern name of Khmer is Cambodia, how can they deny their ancestors? The more you do the research the more you realize who you are and who is the real owner. Good luck of your reclaim journey, nonetheless the original cultural owner is Khmer whose modern name is CAMBODIA.🇰🇭

@tevanne08 6 ай бұрын

It’s hard and very complicated though many of us know the history of the Khmer Empire and the history and culture. Many Thai nationalist today have their own history and beliefs and refuse to accept the fact that the same Khmer people in Cambodia today derived from the Khmer Empire. Thai nationalist today believes they are the true descendants of the Khmer Empire that they refer to as Khom and that the Khmers today are nothing but descendants of slaves that help build the Angkor Wat Temple under the direction of their great ancestors aka the Varman lineage aka Angkor period.

@tevanne08 6 ай бұрын

I think what is very important to learn from this is that… though nationalism is great. Nationalism can also blind you from believing the truth, both Thailand and Cambodia share a long history of culture, religion and traditions. Though Khmers are direct descendants, Thais also share that rich history and culture alongside the ancient Khmers and the Khmer Empire. We both need to acknowledge our heritage and roots. Instead of fighting and the whole negativity through nationalism and this goes for both countries.

@nohomonohetero7932 4 ай бұрын

@@tevanne08I think the claims from Thais stating that they are closely related to the Angkor people than present day Cambodians is because they barely experience any wars. I'm Cambodian by nationality due to the fact that my great- grandparents from both of my parent's side are Chinese, Laos , and Thai. However, I'm still Khmer because I believe in Cambodian values not Thai nor Chinese and neither laos. The majority of Cambodians aren't Pure Khmer, they are in fact hybrids ( because the pure Khmers are either dead since Pol pot or live in a rural province nowadays ), I can say that secretly my country is very diverse. Cambodia has faced massive wars and cultural shifts so many times, when Siem took our people to their country or when they controlled Cambodia leading some Siems to create families with other Cambodians that also contribute to cultural shifts plus when France took over Cambodia. That's why many Thais would say that because they don't pay much attention to detail nor comprehend how war affects other countries that leads to no one being related to their past ancestors.