![Sakchai Lalit Standing Shiva sculpture from the 11th century is displayed during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand held a ceremony to mark the return of two stolen 1,000-year-old bronze sculptures. The ancient bronze sculptures were returned to Thailand by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f1a095f532634942a7cd8d3e2b9a66d8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Standing Shiva sculpture from the 11th century is displayed during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand held a ceremony to mark the return of two stolen 1,000-year-old bronze sculptures. The ancient bronze sculptures were returned to Thailand by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Thai photographer takes a picture of the ancient bronze kneeling woman sculpture during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/266c91186aa0442d8a4642d90f9cf44d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Thai photographer takes a picture of the ancient bronze kneeling woman sculpture during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Thai person looks at a standing Shiva sculpture from the 11th century during repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3c08176c3f7f495c9a5212ade7ed60a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Thai person looks at a standing Shiva sculpture from the 11th century during repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit Thailand Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol talks to media during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/59d20d045b3f462d9349effc0803a9a1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Thailand Culture Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol talks to media during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony Tuesday for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
![Sakchai Lalit The ancient bronze kneeling woman sculpture is displayed during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The objects, a tall bronze figure called the “Standing Shiva” or the “Golden Boy” and a smaller sculpture called “Kneeling Female," are thought to be around 1,000 years old. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/776867979039459694d5630b81ef16fd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
The ancient bronze kneeling woman sculpture is displayed during a repatriation ceremony at National Museum in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Thailand's National Museum hosted a welcome-home ceremony for two ancient statues that were illegally trafficked from Thailand by a British collector of antiquities and were returned from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The objects, a tall bronze figure called the “Standing Shiva” or the “Golden Boy” and a smaller sculpture called “Kneeling Female," are thought to be around 1,000 years old. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)