Missing torso of Buddha statue found at Cambodia’s Angkor temple complex

Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country’s centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a head found nearly a century ago at the same site.

The torso, believed to be from the 12th or 13th century, stands at 1.16 meters tall and is in the Bayon art style, associated with Angkor’s Bayon temple.

It was found along with 29 fragments that appeared to be part of the same statue, archaeologist Neth Simon said this week.

“It was a big surprise when we unearthed this sculpture because all we’d found so far were small pieces,”…