He fooled me too, and all of us as a God guardian. But no longer after my research, he was recongnizable by his triconical crown, he often wore in the bas-reliefs of Bayon.
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The Queens can be found in pairs in Bayon, Banteay Kdei, Banteay Chhmar, and their best images and sculptures are found in Preah Khan, which is threatening total collapse anytime to reduce these world heritage treasures to piles of rocks.
Preah Khan had also another secret in store for the world to discover, disguised as a dvarpala, a good God guardian. I found King Jayavarman VII standing next to Queen Indradevi on his left. The obvious and unique clue was the 3-peaks, triconical crown he was proudly wearing on his head (just like the ones illustrated in Bayon 's bas-reliefs); and the dangling leaves on his belt were identical of those of his two beautiful Queens.
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