FOR information on gold artifacts from Java, archeologist John Norman Miksic is the expert to turn to. He is author of the book, Old Javanese Gold, which analyzes a variety of artifacts, like jewelry and statues hundreds of years old.

He was therefore shocked to hear about the robbery at the Sonobudoyo Museum. After all, he is quite familiar with the museum, having frequented it when he taught archeology at Gadjah Mada University from 1970 to 19