T-Rex skeleton on auction display in Singapore, experts decry 'harmful' sale


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Visitors use their mobile phones to take pictures of the dinosaur skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex on display in Singapore on Oct 28. Photo: AFP

Dinosaur fans got a glimpse of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton as it went on display in Singapore on Friday before an auction next month, as experts slammed the big-money bone trade as "harmful to science".

The 1,400-kg frame, composed of about 80 bones, will be the first T-Rex skeleton auctioned in Asia, according to Christie's, which has not given an estimate for the lot.

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