Actor Nicolas Cage has reportedly said he will return a stolen dinosaur skull to the Mongolian government.
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Cage, who bought the Tarbosaurus bataar fossil at a NY auction in March 2007, had “received a certificate of authenticity from the auction company”, his publicist Alex Schack said.
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In July 2014, Cage was told by U.S. authorities that the skull might have be stolen, and now that this has been proven true, Cage has said he will return it to the Mongolian government.
Cage was first informed by authorities back in 2014 that his purchase might have been stolen goods. The specimen measured 32 inches in length and was approximately 65 percent complete, with “knife-like serrated teeth”, according to I.M. Chait Gallery. Cage is not accused of any wrongdoing in the case. The dinosaur is indigenous to the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
Mongolia criminalised the export of dinosaur fossils in 1924.
This seems like the ideal storyline for a Jurassic World sequel or even the third film in the National Treasure series which has starred Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, and Diane Kruger. Apparently, he outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for the item.
At the time of sale, the skull was described as “an extremely rare tyrannosaurid” from the Late Cretaceous period (67 million years ago).
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The Oscar victor, who bought the skull in 2007 for $276,000, was contacted by USA authorities saying that his Tyrannosaurus bataar fossil had been illegally smuggled out of Mongolia. 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 will be happy to receive their Tyrannosaurus bataar skull back where it was originally found and unveiled.
