Dutch People carried off sculptures as garden ornaments and indigenous villagers used the muse stones for construction material. Fifty percent-hearted excavations by archaeologists while in the 1880s adversely facilitated looting as a substitute, as quantities of temple sculptures were being taken absent as collections. Submitted by Mark Cartwright, released on https://hanumanhindutempleadelaide.blogspot.com/2024/09/discovering-rich-heritage-of-indian.html