In 2007 two A-list celebrities went head-to-head in a heated auction for a rare Tyrannasaurus skull. And only one would emerge the winner.

That auction was only one small piece of a massive global investigation into the illegal markets where very rich folks buy and sell illegal dinosaur fossils to decorate their homes and real estate development offices. Because at the end of the day nothing conveys wealth and power like a T-Rex in your atrium.

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