Cambodian monks hand over six artefacts

Oddar Meanchey provincial culture department director Hang Yoeurn said the artefacts’ origins are not known because their condition makes them unrecognisable. - Provincial Culture Department

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): The Oddar Meanchey provincial Department of Culture and Fine Arts on Tuesda (May 11) received six artefacts – two diamond pillars and four statues – from monks at Ruot Champei Pagoda in Samrong town’s Ruot Champei village.

Culture department director Hang Yoeurn told The Post that there were another 10 artefacts at Kirimongkul Pagoda, also known as O’Smach Pagoda. Its unidentified chief monk, Yoeurn said, had asked to keep the artefacts there.