The government is moving to get at least three a lot more objects of antiquity displayed in an US museum after its earlier success in securing the return of ancient artefacts to Thailand, stated Minister of Tradition Itthiphol Kunplome.
Mr Itthiphol said the committee on the retrieval associated with objects of antiquity was working to bring back bronze sculptures from the Avalokitesvara, an earthly manifestation of the eternal Buddha Amitabha, plus two standing Juggernaut statues.
The Avalokitesvara is one of the pre-Angkorian period between your 6th and 9th centuries while the 2 statues date back to the Dvaravati period in the 7th to 11th centuries.
The minister said the statues are on display at the Denver colorado Art Museum within Colorado.
Mr Itthiphol said the ministry has reported to Primary Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha about the earlier success within securing the come back of two ancient lintels, which regulators believed were taken from archaeological websites at Prasat Khao Lon historical sanctuary in Sa Kaeo and Prasat Nong Hong in Buri Ram in the early 1960s.
The lintels, which were displayed at the Oriental Art Museum in San Francisco, were exhibited at the Bangkok Nationwide Museum near the Great Palace for three weeks after they arrived in Thailand in May this past year.
Last month, an antique precious metal crown that forms part of a 500-year-old Buddha statue from your Lanna era has been returned to the empire.
It is far from clear from where in the US the crown was retrieved.
Mr Itthiphol on Wednesday said progress has been made within discussing the return of the three bronze sculptures from Denver colorado.