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A working team from the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology of the APSARA National Authority is working to remove thousands of stone blocks from piles that fell into the ponds in the east of the Bayon Temple, according to a news release of the authority this afternoon.
The technical staff of the Department of Conservation of Monuments and Preventive Archaeology of the APSARA National Authority, Ms. Tim Thida, said that the removal of the stone blocks from the ancient ponds is to arrange and transport them to store appropriately as well as to raise the value and restore the two ponds to the original identity and architectural form of the Bayon Temple.
Ms. Thida said that part of the stone pile of this ancient temple was once collected in the third compound and the first gallery of the Bayon Temple by the French curator between 1919-1930. She added that 50 percent of the stone blocks that fell into the ponds in the northeast of the Bayon Temple were the roof stones, and some stones from the pediment, the beams, the pillars, platforms, and the small carved stone that broke the face. The condition of the stones before moving is scattered and the quality of the stones is mostly good.
Firstly, the team moved the pile of stones to the front of the temple. After that, the team will divide the types of stone such as roof stone, and pillars, which will be placed on the north side of the Bayon Temple. So far, the working team of APSARA National Authority has moved about 4,000 stone blocks to the north of Bayon Temple.
The team estimated that the ancient stones that had to be removed from the piles were about 20,000 blocks. The work of removing the stone blocks from the ponds in the east of Bayon Temple began in early 2023, with the first phase starting from the study of documents, photographing the condition of the stone before moving, and is scheduled to be completed in August or September.
