The Man Who Stole the Gods

This event is cosponsored with ASU and the Future Security Initiative.

From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the galleries of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,  The Man Who Stole the Gods is a tale of stolen treasures and the battle to reclaim a nation’s soul.

Amidst the chaos of Cambodia’s brutal genocide, priceless treasures of the ancient Khmer Empire vanished from sacred temples, looted by smugglers and trafficked into the hands of elite collectors. At the center of it all was Douglas Latchford, later known as “Dynamite Doug,” who orchestrated one of history’s most audacious cultural heists while presenting himself as an expert on Khmer art.

In The Man Who Stole the Gods, Matthew Campbell unravels the story of Latchford’s criminal enterprise and a global conspiracy of greed and collusion involving some of the world’s most powerful museums and collectors.