Stolen fossilised dinosaur prints on ebay UK
Published September 1st, 2006
eBayyer.co.uk
Dinosaur prints stolen from a protected site in South Wales have been found advertised on auction website eBay.
The fossilised, three-toed prints, inset, were ripped from the coastline near Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan where they had been left 200 million years ago.
They were advertised for sale by a shop in Lyme Regis, Dorset, before the sale was spotted by the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW).
Police raided the shop and a man described as a local amateur geologist has been cautioned by officers.
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