The film actor bought the skull at an auction in 2007 for $276,000 in a bidding war against Leonardo DiCaprio.
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Cage was first approached by authorities back in July 2014 with suspicions about the skull, with investigators later determining it had indeed been illegally smuggled out of Mongolia’s Gobi desert.
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Since 2012, Bharara’s office has recovered over a dozen Mongolian fossils, including three full Tyrannosaurus bataar skeletons.
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No charge has been filed against the actor or the Beverly Hills-based auction house, I.M. Chait.
A Mongolian national treasure is returning to that blighted nation thanks to the generosity of Hollywood legend Nicolas Cage.
Tarbosaurus bataar lived during the Cretaceous period and disappeared some 65 million years ago.
It all started when the wealthy actor bought a dinosaur bone, a Tyrannosaurus bataar skull to be exact, at an auction in 2007.
Nicolas Cage has been known for his outrageous purchases. “It belongs to the people of Mongolia”, said ICE Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Glenn Sorge. Prosecutors announced last week that they were taking custody of the skull so it could be returned, but they didn’t name the buyer.
Mongolia made the exports of dinosaur fossils illegal in 1924. “These priceless antiquities are not souvenirs to be sold to private collectors or hobbyists”.
Last year, palaeontologists discovered what they believe was the largest dinosaur ever to walk the Earth.
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In recent years, there has been an global effort to return stolen artifacts to their rightful countries-with Mongolia, in particular, receiving many priceless fossils, skeletons, and artifacts taken overseas.
