A shocking incident took place in America in 2022, where a man found pieces of bones behind his house. Initially, it was mistaken as garbage or junk, but later he was shocked to discover this. Know about this incident in detail in this article. The man named Jason Cooper found bones in excavation behind his house, and that made him a billionaire. These bones were now sold for approximately Rs 373 crore. This is being termed as the world’s largest auction of skeletons.
Jason Cooper is a resident of Colorado. He is a fossil hunter. He was digging behind his house and discovered bones. He collected them and brought them home, then he tied them together and it took the shape of a creature. These bones were not ordinary bones, but rather they were of a Stegosaurus dinosaur, which was named Apex. When it was put into a deal in New York, 7 people made proposals to buy it. Another person bought it at a price of 4.46 million dollars. Hence, these bones became the most expensive fossils sold till date. It was sold at a price of 11 times more than its estimated price.
It is revealed that Apex is 11 feet long, which has about 319 bones. Its structure reveals that it must have been very strong and there is also evidence that it may have had arthritis. According to Sotheby, it was preserved in hard sandstone for so long that its bones did not get damaged.
Nevertheless, Paleontologists are quite upset with this. They claimed that, instead of selling it to a rich man, it could have been kept in the museum itself. Steve Brusatte, a prominent Palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, told the media that Apex is an important dinosaur fossil. It is a matter of shame that instead of preserving it in the museum, it is being sold to a man. According to Sotheby, the person who bought Apex will provide its sample to an institution in America.
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