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France Returns €700,000 Tarbosaurus Skeleton to Mongolia

12/8/2025

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France returned a looted Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton to Mongolia after it was seized in 2015.
The handover occurred in Paris with Public Accounts Minister Amelie de Montchalin describing it as restitution.
Mongolia's culture minister Undram Chinbat expressed gratitude and underscored the fossils' importance.
The skeleton is now worth more than €700,000.
Mongolia plans to display the fossils in a new museum after restoration.

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France returned a looted Tarbosaurus bataar skeleton to Mongolia after it was seized in 2015.
The handover occurred in Paris with Public Accounts Minister Amelie de Montchalin describing it as restitution.
Mongolia's culture minister Undram Chinbat expressed gratitude and underscored the fossils' importance.
The skeleton is now worth more than €700,000.
Mongolia plans to display the fossils in a new museum after restoration.