Brahmanism and Buddhism have been neglected for too long and some Cambodians do not have the knowledge necessary to identify the sculptures that represent characters from these two religions. As a consequence, the statue of Siva carrying Umá is called Neak ta Por Kon, which means ‘Neak ta holding his child’; the statue of Siva riding the Nahdin bull has become Neak ta Chis Ko, which means ‘Neak ta riding an ox’. The Blank Lady, one of the museum’s female sculptures (Ka. 1653) found in Neang Khmao temple Takeo province, is commonly called ‘Neang Khmao’. The study of this statue, which is headless and has no arms, revealed that it is a Brahmanic deity, and most likely Visnu’s wife Laksmí, since a sculpture of Kalkin, one of Visnu’s incarnations, was found in the same place. In Phnom Chisor temple, built under the reign of Suryavarman I, an adorned Buddha can be found, called Neang Khmao by local residents. In Ba Phnom district, Prey Veng province, there i...