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Dan Barker & Gemma Ryder

Human remains removed from Scots auction sale after backlash

An auction house has been forced to make a U-turn and withdraw a human skull and thigh bone from sale after history experts blasted it as "unethical".

The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland said it is "wrong to commodify people as objects" and asked Taylor's to remove the items from the sale.

The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor's Auction Rooms in Montrose, Angus on May 5.

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