Three bronze sculptures looted from Cambodia and later sold to the National Gallery of Australia for $1.5 million will be returned to the Southeast Asian kingdom, the museum announced Thursday.

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Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Padmapani and attendants, dating from the 9th­­ or 10th century, will be returned to Cambodia from the National Gallery of Australia.