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  • Commenting because I don't have a strong source on this, or time to look into it; but it's also possible they were valuable items. Prized for their materials, craftmanship, or religious significance. They might have been intending to sell the idols to support themselves as they fled.
    – AJFaraday
    Commented Jan 9 at 9:59