· discover the fascinating story of how nicolas cage purchased a stolen dinosaur skull , triggered a landmark legal case , and ultimately returned the precious fossil to mongolia. Rex found only in mongolia, reuters reports. · new york — hollywood actor nicolas cage has agreed to turn over a rare stolen dinosaur skull he bought for $ 276 ,000 to u. s. The skull of a tyrannosaurus bataar, a relative of the t. · it was a bidding war that raised eyebrows: · nicolas cage has agreed to return one of mongolias national treasures: In 2007, nicholas cage paid over $ 270 , 000 for the skull of one of the cousins of the t-rex, beating leonardo dicaprio to the punch. · he legally purchased it for $ 276 ,000 only to find out it was stolen : The skull was smuggled illegally from the gobi desert, and cage purchased it at auction in 2007 for $276,000. · nicolas cage once spent $ 276 ,000 on a tyrannosaurus skull only to learn it was smuggled from mongolia and had to be returned without a refund. Authorities so it can be returned to the mongolian government. · hollywood actor nicolas cage has agreed to turn over a rare stolen dinosaur skull he bought for $276,000 to u. s. This is the story of nicolas cage and the pilfered mongolian dinosaur skull – and no, it’s not a movie plot!
