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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Shweta Sharma

UK seizes Jurassic dinosaur fossils worth £12m from Chinese money-laundering suspect

Rare dinosaur fossils worth more than £12m have been seized following a settlement with a Singapore-based Chinese businessman in respect of a civil recovery investigation, it has been reported.

A lawyer for the National Crime Agency (NCA) said at a court hearing on Tuesday that the agency had recovered the Jurassic-era dinosaur skeletons of two allosauruses and a stegosaurus, estimated to be around 150 million years old, from Su Binghai and his company Su Empire Limited, under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

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