Cambodian Antiquity To Be Seized

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•14 • Apr 5, 2012

FBI agents moved to impound a statue from the auction house Sotheby's after Cambodian officials claimed it was looted from an ancient Khmer temple. What do you think?

“Shame on you, Sotheby's. I would expect this kind of nonsense from Bonhams & Butterfields, but never you.”
Aric Naidu –
Devulcanizer Tender
“I can’t believe they’re preventing it from finding a new home with a rich person. Hasn’t anyone in Cambodia seen Annie?”
Charles Lao –
Sawmill Worker
“This sounds like the part of an Indiana Jones movie where I yell, 'Bor-ing!' and everyone sitting next to me laughs.”
Francine Nieves –
Unemployed

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