diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
index a6dbaba7d7..8af04f59f7 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/ArchiveReadRequest.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Serialization.External;
 using OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Terrain;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization;
 using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
@@ -264,7 +265,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver
                 }
                 */
 
-                SceneObjectGroup sceneObject = serialiser.DeserializeGroupFromXml2(serialisedSceneObject);
+                SceneObjectGroup sceneObject = SceneObjectSerializer.FromXml2Format(serialisedSceneObject);
+//                SceneObjectGroup sceneObject = serialiser.DeserializeGroupFromXml2(serialisedSceneObject);
 
                 // For now, give all incoming scene objects new uuids.  This will allow scenes to be cloned
                 // on the same region server and multiple examples a single object archive to be imported
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
index 053c6f59d4..a19479fa3e 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Archiver/Tests/ArchiverTests.cs
@@ -291,6 +291,59 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Archiver.Tests
             // TODO: Test presence of more files and contents of files.
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test loading an OpenSim Region Archive where the scene object parts are not ordered by link number (e.g.
+        /// 2 can come after 3).
+        /// </summary>
+        [Test]
+        public void TestLoadOarUnorderedParts()
+        {
+            TestHelpers.InMethod();
+
+            UUID ownerId = TestHelpers.ParseTail(0xaaaa);
+
+            MemoryStream archiveWriteStream = new MemoryStream();
+            TarArchiveWriter tar = new TarArchiveWriter(archiveWriteStream);
+
+            tar.WriteFile(
+                ArchiveConstants.CONTROL_FILE_PATH,
+                new ArchiveWriteRequestPreparation(null, (Stream)null, Guid.Empty).CreateControlFile(new Dictionary<string, Object>()));
+
+            SceneObjectGroup sog1 = SceneHelpers.CreateSceneObject(1, ownerId, "obj1-", 0x11);
+            SceneObjectPart sop2
+                = SceneHelpers.CreateSceneObjectPart("obj1-Part2", TestHelpers.ParseTail(0x12), ownerId);
+            SceneObjectPart sop3
+                = SceneHelpers.CreateSceneObjectPart("obj1-Part3", TestHelpers.ParseTail(0x13), ownerId);
+
+            // Add the parts so they will be written out in reverse order to the oar
+            sog1.AddPart(sop3);
+            sop3.LinkNum = 3;
+            sog1.AddPart(sop2);
+            sop2.LinkNum = 2;
+
+            tar.WriteFile(
+                ArchiveConstants.CreateOarObjectPath(sog1.Name, sog1.UUID, sog1.AbsolutePosition),
+                SceneObjectSerializer.ToXml2Format(sog1));
+
+            tar.Close();
+
+            MemoryStream archiveReadStream = new MemoryStream(archiveWriteStream.ToArray());
+
+            lock (this)
+            {
+                m_scene.EventManager.OnOarFileLoaded += LoadCompleted;
+                m_archiverModule.DearchiveRegion(archiveReadStream);
+            }
+
+            Assert.That(m_lastErrorMessage, Is.Null);
+
+            SceneObjectPart part2 = m_scene.GetSceneObjectPart("obj1-Part2");
+            Assert.That(part2.LinkNum, Is.EqualTo(2));
+
+            SceneObjectPart part3 = m_scene.GetSceneObjectPart("obj1-Part3");
+            Assert.That(part3.LinkNum, Is.EqualTo(3));
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Test loading an OpenSim Region Archive.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 611de4668e..602a3468a8 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -930,7 +930,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         public int LinkNum
         {
             get { return m_linkNum; }
-            set { m_linkNum = value; }
+            set
+            {
+//                if (ParentGroup != null)
+//                {
+//                    m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                        "[SCENE OBJECT PART]: Setting linknum of {0}@{1} to {2} from {3}",
+//                        Name, AbsolutePosition, value, m_linkNum);
+//                    Util.PrintCallStack();
+//                }
+
+                m_linkNum = value;
+            }
         }
 
         public byte ClickAction
diff --git a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
index 78f94347bd..59829d994f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Tests/Common/Helpers/SceneHelpers.cs
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Common
         /// <param name="ownerId"></param>
         /// <param name="partNamePrefix">
         /// The prefix to be given to part names.  This will be suffixed with "Part<part no>"
-        /// (e.g. mynamePart0 for the root part)
+        /// (e.g. mynamePart1 for the root part)
         /// </param>
         /// <param name="uuidTail">
         /// The hexadecimal last part of the UUID for parts created.  A UUID of the form "00000000-0000-0000-0000-{0:XD12}"
@@ -637,14 +637,14 @@ namespace OpenSim.Tests.Common
             
             SceneObjectGroup sog 
                 = new SceneObjectGroup(
-                    CreateSceneObjectPart(string.Format("{0}Part0", partNamePrefix), new UUID(rawSogId), ownerId));
+                    CreateSceneObjectPart(string.Format("{0}Part1", partNamePrefix), new UUID(rawSogId), ownerId));
             
             if (parts > 1)
-                for (int i = 1; i < parts; i++)
+                for (int i = 2; i <= parts; i++)
                     sog.AddPart(
                         CreateSceneObjectPart(
                             string.Format("{0}Part{1}", partNamePrefix, i), 
-                            new UUID(string.Format("00000000-0000-0000-0000-{0:X12}", uuidTail + i)), 
+                            new UUID(string.Format("00000000-0000-0000-0000-{0:X12}", uuidTail + i - 1)),
                             ownerId));
             
             return sog;