Cambodian officials say the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has more than 45 pieces of stolen Khmer art in its collection. Cambodia points to the testimony of a reformed temple looter and documents recovered from an art trafficker’s computer as proof. The museum says it has yet to see the evidence. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum has the story.
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