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A young French couple went to Cambodia to steal antiquities
Smithsonian Magazine
07 Apr 2026
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07 Apr 2026
To finance their lifestyle, a young French couple, Claire and André Malraux, went in 1923 to Cambodia to steal antiquities. They did almost everything wrong, and their failure started a battle of reclamation. Text Joshua Hammer, photographs Justin Mott.
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