Treasure Hunters: Searching for Cambodia’s Stolen Antiquities

Treasure Hunters: Searching for Cambodia’s Stolen Antiquities | Foreign Correspondent

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It’s been called the biggest art theft in history - thousands of statues stolen from temples across Cambodia and sold to private collectors and international museums, including here in Australia.
Now a team of art sleuths, on behalf of the Cambodian Government, are on a mission to bring home the country’s cultural heritage.
In this episode of Foreign Correspondent, the inside story of how Cambodia’s stolen antiquities are being tracked and returned in a global treasure hunt.
South-East Asia correspondent Mazoe Ford travels with the restitution team as they journey across the country and over borders to identify, trace and reclaim Cambodia’s missing treasures.
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@user-eh2hj8bx6i 9 ай бұрын

I visited Cambodia for the first time recently. Such a beautiful country with kind people. I appreciate Brad Gordon and the team. I appreciate museums and countries around the world who recognize their wrong doing and return these precious antiquities. Please continue to return these historical artifacts. I hope to return to visit Cambodia again one day.

@juix0666 9 ай бұрын

Thanks you for your support I appreciate fine those people who've bought and the people who stealing from Cambodia artifacts put them in jail for life. 😢😢😢.

@TheanySL 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for visited my beautiful country🙏🇰🇭

@Santepheapkhmer 9 ай бұрын

Welcome🙏❤️

@ThePrahok884 9 ай бұрын

As Khmer ppl, I’m really appreciated For your kind and for your teaching to Khmer ppl who escaped from civil war, invading war from Thailand &Vietnam 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💐💐💐💐❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

@navajo6931 8 ай бұрын

Not all people is kind

@tirta.yansen 9 ай бұрын

As an Indonesian, we both rich in cultures, and I can understand the pain when the arts made by our greatest empires stolen like that. Good job for bringing back the national treasure.

@sereyroth8824 9 ай бұрын

There're still tons of our countries (both Cambodia and Indonesia) antiques that were stolen during the colonial period

@tirta.yansen 9 ай бұрын

@@sereyroth8824 yup, it's a shame, it is what it is

@ThePrahok884 9 ай бұрын

Exactly ❤❤❤

@ideaoneminute 8 ай бұрын

It's java not Indonesia

@MeiMei-ce1mi 8 ай бұрын

You right that what I study from history. Welcome to Cambodia

@Nomad35292 9 ай бұрын

As Cambodian I very thankful for those who involved with this work to return all statues to where they belong to. Thank you 🙏🇰🇭❤️

@ambrosiokurdaba751 8 ай бұрын

If they found the Bhuda, they change that into Bronze not Original Gold.

@davidnhem9585 3 ай бұрын

I was 😭 cry after they found the statue and returned them back to our homeland, I am so proud and appreciate ur team work hard and have a amazing job ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭 god blessed u all

@Rihan_jung_Xettriya 9 ай бұрын

Lot's of love to cambodia from Nepal...thank u for preserving our Hindu and Buddhist cultural heritage...🙏♥️😇🇳🇵🇳🇵

@sovanneysath5077 2 ай бұрын

One day you will realize that the original of the Buddhist from.

@Rihan_jung_Xettriya 2 ай бұрын

@@sovanneysath5077 what do u mean ..😐

@therealflame1605 9 ай бұрын

This video is underrated Cambodian people should watch and thankful for the amount of work you guys put in and thank you for making anything like this happen.

@user-vt4de3bg8d 8 ай бұрын

បាទ❤

@Mykie890 4 ай бұрын

Nowadays, in Cambodia there is a propaganda to distract people from this and social issues. There’s only faking arguments, created events to attract people attention. So most people do not care about this

@Lillylim1 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Australia for these artifacts back to Cambodia where they are belongs. Thank you kindly for restoring our ancestors through arts. These are Cambodian hearts and soul of the Khmer people.

@ennimit9503 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Australia for returning them to Cambodia, we are the good partnership since long time ago. I love you Australia. From Cambodia ❤

@mckoylach1622 9 ай бұрын

Ancient treasures of Cambodia are priceless,they belong to Cambodia and they are the national symbols of Cambodia. Countries around the that had looted these precious antiquities or however they had obtained them,must return them to the rightful owner,thank you for doing the right thing for Cambodia

@worldjourney1579 2 ай бұрын

As a Cambodian, I would like express my great sincere gratitudes to Your hard working team for helping to returning our ancestor artifacts to Cambodia, your actions is beyond my words 🙏

@empireofwildlife 9 ай бұрын

On behalf of Cambodians, I appreciate your hard work Grad Gordon and the team to bring our ancient statues back to their home in Cambodia. I hope this video should translate to Cambodian so they can understand this amazing video. Arkoun, Thankful 🙏💕

@sereyvuthmeansephan819 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Brad Gordon and team for recovering those antiques back to Cambodia. For Cambodian, it feels like being reincarnated seeing these statues return.

@pheaktranhem2556 9 ай бұрын

As a Cambodian who resides in Australia, I am so thankful that this kind of investigation happen at this present time. Obviously, seeing these statues and artefacts which have been written in a wrong history as it belongs to Thailand/Vietnam in the National Gallery, does impact a lot on the people of Cambodia and this is what we as Cambodians could not tell the world that those are ours.

@haileyc.conner3447 9 ай бұрын

Cambodian peoples Thank you to Australia for return this bronze statues back to Cambodia, This mean alot to Cambodian peoples, The spirits of our Ancesters, Brad and Cambodian team, Thank you so much for your hard work

@starmorning6197 9 ай бұрын

Most antiques items were stolen and sole to Thailand and Thailand sole some statues to USA and England. Most Cambodian statues and antiques items now are in Thailand, France, England USA and many other countries.

@sophallvoek7825 7 ай бұрын

It is heart broken to see all the statues were stolen. Thanks for all the help

@chhinsoriyarith8845 7 ай бұрын

As an cambodian people, I am very thankful and respect to all of you that trying to share all my culture to the world 🙏

@kamalarai3172 8 ай бұрын

although I an not Cambodian but when I saw that 3 statue..tears rolled down slowly..what is this feeling?❤

@sonievkay 9 ай бұрын

It’s kinda funny I suddenly got teary eyes upon seeing the three statues near the end. It is extremely gorgeous and im grateful it’ll be going home soon (3 yrs later).

@simsodaroth3636 Ай бұрын

Behalf of Cambodia people, we appreciate your great job on this investigation about Khmer suffering from the past. This video mean a lots to Khmer people to the world to know the truth 🙏🏾🇰🇭

@ravuthkeo850 9 ай бұрын

This video mean alot to the Cambodia people. We thank you! 🎉🎉❤❤

@doomino9631 9 ай бұрын

@as a Cambodian citizen , I do feel overwhelm and appreciate for all your hard works and efforts of Brand Gordon and his team.

@chietthach1389 9 ай бұрын

Our ancestors will come back home soon ! thanks you too all of your great heart and great teams

@Zinniaaa89 7 ай бұрын

As be half Cambodian people I would to thank you for help looking these lost statues ❤ Even it doesn’t present in my country but yet I feel gratefully to get a chance to know that a rare statues like this exist and come from my country.

@TheDarren83 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing back the Khmer statues. ❤❤❤

@user-eg3yf1bv1t 9 ай бұрын

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@pkachhuk2179 8 ай бұрын

Welcome back home our Cambodia precious status 😭😭😭❤️🇰🇭 uncountable thanks to the project team for ur hard work for preserve our heritage culture back 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.....

@vuthsim4557 9 ай бұрын

As a cambodian raised in Australia, Hats off to Mazoe for her reporting of this story. Great research and journalism

@pheanikaleang5685 7 ай бұрын

This is an amazing job. Thank you for such challenging mission for Cambodia. My heart aches while I am watching the video. I hope many more antiquities would return to the Mainland in the future.

@emsombo Ай бұрын

Thank you everybody for helping my country I passed out my pedestal love you🇰🇭

@BackHomeFromTheStates 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for all effort putting this video up the your channel❤ just for an update in my comment section, some of it had just return back to cambodia from united states. Thank you 🙏

@surajbhatia69 9 ай бұрын

Love to you all of you for this great job. Love from India🇮🇳.

@loveempathy4920 9 ай бұрын

Kudos to Mr Brad and his dedicated team members... The amount of time that you guy's spent and still awesome....

@darithnam8234 9 ай бұрын

As a Cambodian, I appreciate your efforts to make this priceless footage 🎉

@sonhaseam1725 8 ай бұрын

As a Cambodian, I thank you so much for bringing those statues back to Cambodia 🙏

@nthnth5238 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your great team work and bring back status to Cambodia. Your team is amazing

@prichapetlueng2634 8 ай бұрын

🙏🙏 the team has been doing excellent work of brining Cambodian treasures back to the people of Cambodia. Thank you.

@sothonp164 8 ай бұрын

My respect and thankful to all of the effort to return them back to Cambodia.

@wildwildwest1662 9 ай бұрын

Brad and everyone, all your hard worked have been paid off . I hope you and the Cambodian people can keep it all safe and don’t let it fall to the wrong hands , again.

@guysinheart4439 9 ай бұрын

I cried after seeing the statutes, my deeply thanks to the team.

@josephnguyen1587 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏 for your support Cambodia 🇰🇭 people is big thank for all support all belong to Cambodia 🙏❤️

@user-le5fo5jh7h 9 ай бұрын

Great work by Brad Gordon and the restitution team. This is a great piece that I hope is watched by many.

@maosovannlika2747 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the work you have done for Cambodia, it really means a lot to the Cambodian people.Cambodian people really appreciate what you did for us ❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

@ongv2491 4 ай бұрын

Thank you all for your kindness in helping these statues back to Cambodia.

@vitocoleone9349 9 ай бұрын

This is so well produced! Love love the professional journalism ❤

@beautifulnature4964 9 ай бұрын

there are many In Thailand but they said those belong to them

@freshMila 9 ай бұрын

Woow I came across your video.. I am Cambodia myself.. you guys are so amazing, done an amazing job. The statues returned to their home

@vtp7777 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your project to reveal the truth of Cambodian culture ❤

@camae62 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely excellent team works from everyone involved. Thanks so much for the Cambodian team. We need to get all back home.

@bobbychhang1084 9 ай бұрын

Thank you🙏to each and Everyone for bringing Khmer statues back to their birth place { Cambodia }

@user-uy8hi8oo1s 3 ай бұрын

Thank good-heart foriegners for helping Cambodian people to get back our treasures. 🙏

@mrkosorloun4182 9 ай бұрын

Million thank to all of you for returning these statues to Khmer people and I am watching and cried to see.

@lovestruckfm Ай бұрын

I don't know why but I also had to cry during the documentary. Thank you team

@emvoleak6697 8 ай бұрын

I am tearing while watching this as to how Cambodia had lost so many great things due to wars and the colonial.

@user-eh2hj8bx6i 9 ай бұрын

I also appreciate the family of Douglas Latchford doing the right thing and handing over the files.

@user-eh2hj8bx6i 9 ай бұрын

They also need to return or donate the profits he made by trafficking these statues.

@joebeenkim9355 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this amazing team for helping return those statues to its place 🙏🙏 well done 🎉👏🏻

@channannou3211 9 ай бұрын

Thank you from Cambodian people ❤

@kpnhim 9 ай бұрын

Nice work Brad and team. It's like finding a needle in a haystack, but well worth it. I remember visiting Angkor Wat after the war, and there were so many of those similar statues inside the temples!

@Sisuuuuuuu 7 ай бұрын

That is so sweet of you guys! thank you!

@LINZpassionzandtravelz 9 ай бұрын

Excellent report - let's trust this is the point in history that many more stolen items will be returned to their homeland.

@vireakchanboth6331 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much to all your crews.😊

@Sakda.168 8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU ACB NEWS FOR THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.

@pipipor9644 9 ай бұрын

I am extremely thankful for your hard work to the team 🙏🏻❤

@ProsperityPhrases 9 ай бұрын

Amazing work guys. This is a great video! Priceless antique

@SaveSoil_ 9 ай бұрын

Bless you're all for this kindness for Cambodia and Khmer People 😢

@lybunsamneang9421 9 ай бұрын

Great documentary. Such a hardworking project to the team who has sacrificed for this returning of artefacts.

@vichetthim5223 Ай бұрын

Thank u sooooo much for bring them back I feel so emotional 😢

@Jerry-Cam 9 ай бұрын

You Sir are an amazing person, Thanks for what you have done and the team. Great job!

@Jotanaram 9 ай бұрын

Thanks and very appreciate for your kindness and this project.

@kolapyellow7631 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for this episode.

@mckoylach1622 9 ай бұрын

First of all,thanks to all of those who involved and helped hunt for the Cambodian’s stolen antiquities and return them back to Cambodia. However,on the other hand,those who had committed these crimes must be prosecuted. Thanks again for the teams efforts and god bless you all

@briancaldwell6799 9 ай бұрын

the dudes that admitted stealing some of them were right there being interviewed...were they arrested?...i didnt see any police.

@Ninjaguiden89 9 ай бұрын

One negative thing I can see about threatening with arrests is that wouldn't that prevent the criminals coming forward or being honest? You might miss out on returning some of these items that way.

@tourphotsin7387 8 ай бұрын

You did great job for Cambodia and the world 🙏

@jondoe7740 9 ай бұрын

excellent work, thanks you🙏

@kimsrengros 9 ай бұрын

Thank you with a tear drop😍

@jerryroller8210 8 ай бұрын

Thank you brad and team 🙏

@Kosalsom 8 ай бұрын

Thank for sharing ❤

@tourwithfrendy6087 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 😍

@hizhole 9 ай бұрын

This was excellent journalism. Well done ABC Australia.

@saroth369 9 ай бұрын

thank you 🙏

@freshMila 9 ай бұрын

Amazing team thank you

@aboutknowledge9254 8 ай бұрын

I Love this document , thank so much

@soloy1610 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Brad!!!

@KienSeyha 9 ай бұрын

I am so emotional to hear that. And I am so proud of my country.

@g-vann541 9 ай бұрын

❤❤ Thank you 🙏 That you make videos for Cambodia ❤

@khatsong7200 8 ай бұрын

I feel cry and all will be back, thanks 😢

@sanmonypich 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏🙏

@antruok4950 8 ай бұрын

Very well presented - hopefully more & more pieces are returned 🙏

@Winny_1213 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much ❤

@sereypornke1584 7 ай бұрын

As Cambodian, Thank you so much.

@Yovo555 9 ай бұрын

Good job and keep doing your work.

@rimloch3919 9 ай бұрын

❤អបអរសាទរ well done to Brad and the research team tremendous job❤ hopefully you and team able to find more missing arts / statues in years to come.❤

@LenyR0SE 8 ай бұрын

Amazing team❤😊

@sunbunthoeun8991 5 ай бұрын

so cool very nice sharing

@SovaiKean 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😢🙏🏻

@ratharong3076 9 ай бұрын

Thank you😊❤️

@seyhak1885 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing about khmer or Cambodia culture 🙏

@SanoRay 9 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@SanoRay 9 ай бұрын

Thank you, ABCNews in-depth 🙏

@rathapro 7 ай бұрын

Thank you

@paulc3692 9 ай бұрын

We love you Australia ! And uSA!

@koeurnnimol3208 9 ай бұрын

Thank You