Chicago art institute to return Khmer ruin relic

A 900-year-old piece of artefact from the Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buri Ram will be returned to the Fine Arts Department ( FAD ) by The Art Institute of Chicago.

Phanombut Chantarachot, chairman- standard of the office, said on Wednesday&nbsp, the US university has expressed its intention to return the piece of a piers that shows the Hindu goddess Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana, which dates up to the 12th- century.

He claimed that an investigation by the Office of National Museums revealed that it is a door shape of a past on an dead volcano west of Prasat Phanom Rung, an old Khmer damage built as a Shiva temple, south of the office’s headquarters.

It is thought to have been brought out of Thailand in 1965 before the FAD’s restoration project for the traditional site began.

Prior to his recent visit to the Phanom Rung Historical Park, Nicolas Revire, an analyst on Southeast Eastern arts and archeology, discovered evidence that suggested the piece, which was given to the academy in 1966, was a product of the Phanom Rung Stone Castle.

Due to the fact that it was concerned that the object might have been fraudulently taken from its place of origin, the university decided to return it to the government.

The faculty’s board of trustees on June 11 approved the idea to take the product out of its records and informed the Trend about the procedure for repatriating it. The Art Institute of Chicago’s request to transfer the object is” joyful news,” said Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, who does not have the item on the list of ancient artifacts Thailand is attempting to recover.

She praised the academy for acknowledging the significance of the legal right to keep traditional objects in its hands and the strong relation between Thailand and the United States.

The Hindu god Krishna, depicted in the portico fragment from the 12th century, may return to Prasat Phanom Rung in Buri Ram to its original location. Fine Arts Department