IPOH: A video production crew said to have entered Gua Matsoorat, where fossil teeth were later found damaged, only had permission to shoot within the city centre, an Ipoh City Council spokesman said.
The spokesman said the shooting permit was valid from Feb 20 to April 30, and that checks with the production company found the crew had only filmed outside the cave.
“However, there was damage to a fossil inside the cave, and the company has denied it is responsible, as claimed by the operator.
"A session with a company representative and the cave operator will be arranged soon to find a solution, ” the spokesman said on Friday (March 19).
It was reported on Thursday (March 18) that the fossil teeth of a herbivorous mammal, preserved at the site of their discovery in the cave, had been damaged.
Perak Natural Heritage Geopark Tour Guides Association chairman Mohd Fadly Md Noor had said the teeth and partial jawbone were found damaged at about 12.30pm on Thursday.
Mohd Fadly had claimed a group of people, believed to be from a video production company, had visited the cave earlier.
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