John Bingham wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 3:55 am

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 2:04 am He looks like he's still thinking about that artefact.
To hell.

Unless I'm missing something it doesn't look like fine work and is likely worth very little. More Kathmandu 1975 than Khmer Empire 1300 or whatever. Half the fucking thing is so corroded it's gone smooth.

Even more interesting from the incident is that an artefact of a diety’s leg weighing more than 1.6 kilogrammes made of metal, copper, iron and brass was found among the charred bodies and debris.

Kampong Chhnang culture and fine arts department director Sok Thuok said the artefact has been given to them yesterday for safe keeping.

He added the artefact was built in the post-Angkorian style after the 18th century and it has cultural history value.

Relating the story of the artefact, he said, that Sareth had found the deity’s leg in a field where he was removing rubbles to build a house.
An said Sareth decided to keep his find which he used when he turned a fortune teller and started treating people for some diseases.

“Someone offered him a substantial amount of money for the artefact and Sareth was interested to sell to pay off his microfinance debt which was more than $20,000. But, his wife refused to sell and this became a long-standing argument between them,” he added.
On May 10 morning when Sareth returned to the site where the charred bodies laid, An said, Sareth was seen looking for the artefact.