Book Review A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western institutions. May 28, 2026 — 4 min read Toek Tik — a Cambodian looter who was given the code name "Lion" by Douglas Latchford and later became an informant for the government — with Shiva and Skanda in Phnom Penh (photo Thomas Cristofoletti for Edenbridge Asia) At the center of Matthew Campbell’s The Man Who Stole the Gods (2026)is British dealer Douglas Latchford , accused of trafficking looted Cambodian antiquities on a massive scale before his death in 2020.…