Washed off to the share by the current, his magic powers and sword are stolen by the monkey Kamhaul Peano who is in turned killed by a giant called Chettra.
He ends up marrying his descendance with a Naga princess and another with a kinnara angel, in a sort of alliance, between the human that he is, and the gods which he tried all his life to frequent.
The sala at Wat Kieng Svay Krom, in Kandal Province, was decorated with tableaux covering the entire story of Preah Chinavong until they disappeared some twenty years ago.
[5] The only painting that survives is one in which Preah Chinavong is depicted riding a reacheasei, the legendary royal monture which cross the lion, the horse and the tiger.
[7] The "unconventional" diplomat, an ornithologist and art collector Malcolm MacDonald saw its performed in Angkor Wat during the Sangkum era and gave a detailed summary of it.
[8] Sun Tek Méng was a Cambodian producer in the Sangkum era who created a production company called Preah Chinnavong Film which filmed mostly epic peplums based on Cambodian narratives such as Preah Chinavong: Chey Soravong Leak Soravong, the melodram of Tek Pnék Neang Kor or Sokunthong, with famed actress Keo Montha.