Statue discovered by locals in Siem Reap

Apsara Authority officials in Siem Reap pose with a newly unearthed statue of a female figure. Photo supplied

Statue discovered by locals in Siem Reap

Thu, 28 April 2016 ppp

Sen David

The Apsara Authority announced that villagers in Siem Reap province’s Puok district unearthed a potentially ancient statue of a standing female figure while digging on Monday, and had turned it in to the authority for safekeeping.

According to a statement from Apsara – the government agency tasked with overseeing the Kingdom’s Angkor Archaeological Park – Chhean Rotha, acting president of the department of conservation outside the park, received the statue along with colleagues from a local named Vat Wan.

The artefact is being held at Siem Reap’s Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum. The statue measures less than 40 centimetres tall and was discovered by villagers who had hired an excavator to deepen a local pond, according to a statement from the National Police.