Nepal is 81% Hindu and 9% Buddhist.
Out of site, out of mind.
Do the Nepalese think I’m going to travel to Nepal to see a few statues?
They would have been better to charge Britain a fee to maintain them and get people interested thorough examples of their culture.
And how are Americans supposed to see things from that culture? Also sending things like that back to the third world exposes them to risks of riots, revolts, talibans, moslem brotherhoods, etc.