 Some of the site's sculptures were transferred to the National Museum of Afghanistan (also known as the 'Kabul Museum'), the rest of the site was completely looted during the Afghan Civil War.The most famous artifacts of this site are the Surkh Kotal inscriptions, the statue of King Kanishka and the fire altar.The statue of the king was destroyed during the Taliban wave of iconoclasm in February–March 2001, but has been restored by French conservationists.