In a two-part special, 101 East explores Asia\u2019s role in the booming multimillion-dollar dinosaur fossil trade.<\/p>\n
The global demand for dinosaur fossils is booming, with increasing interest from wealthy collectors across Asia. In 2024, a Stegosaurus skeleton was sold at an auction in New York for a record $44.6m.<\/p>\n
Fossil hunters are raking in profits, while Asian buyers bond over their collections and see fossils as a way to educate the next generation about history.<\/p>\n
However, some academics say the commercial fossil trade is unethical and harmful to science.<\/p>\n
101 East investigates the multimillion-dollar trade in dinosaur fossils.<\/p>\n
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