U.S. Government Demands That Asian Art Museum Return Allegedly Looted Thai Artifacts

A civil complaint filed by the U.S. federal government on Monday alleges that two stone lintels in the collection of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum were looted from ancient temples in Thailand. According to a report by CBS SF and AP, the civil lawsuit requests that the museum return the two objects to Thailand, which has been investigating the origins of the pieces since 2016.
The Asian Art Museum announced in September that it “anticipates deaccessioning two sandstone lintels and