Nicolas Cage is famous for pretty much agreeing to do any film that come up his fashion . But he ’s yet to play the office of Indiana Jones – until now . Sort of .
The Oscar - winning actor bought a rare dinosaur skull back inMarch 2007 , that of aTyrannosaurus bataar . But he has now agreed to render it after it come forth the extremely valuable fossil was taken illegally from Mongolia . coop is cleared of any error though , as he was not mindful this was the case .
Cage ab initio purchased it for $ 276,000 , butin 2013it emerged the skull may have been steal . He had ab initio outbid Leonardo DiCaprio by phone to get cargo deck of the prized possession , but it later transpirate that auction star sign IM Chait in Beverly Hills had assume the skull from Eric Prokopi , a convicted fossil smuggler . Prokopi is presently face up up to 17 years in prison house , having also deal a stolenTyrannosaurus bataarskeleton last class for $ 1 million .
grant toReuters , in July 2014 , the U.S. Department of Homeland Security first made Cage aware that it might have been stolen , and postdate an investigating he has now agreed to change by reversal it over . It should be noted , it ’s not 100 per centum remove the skull is connected to Prokopi , but the link has been made by several media outlets as assistant U.S. attorney Martin Bell prosecute Prokopi and is the lead attorney for Cage ’s skull .
The Tyrannosaurus bataar is a first cousin of the Tyrannosaurus king . Sofia Santos / Shutterstock
Okay , we ’d better science this up a bit . Tyrannosaurus bataarwas a dinosaur not entirely dissimilar to theTyrannosaurus rex , existing more than 70 million years ago . It had powerful jaw and teeth , and declamatory back legs but diminutive arms . Its name is a minute contentious , though ; some refer to it asTarbosaurus bataar , othersTyrannosaurus .
Either way , it look like Cage has accidentally get his hands on a home hoarded wealth . If he does n’t want to face - off against those fossilist , he ’d intimately ensure it ’s gone in 60 second . Kick - ass .
Okay , we ’ll stop now .
