Nicolas Cage buys illegally smuggled dinosaur skull for $276,000

Nicolas Cage paid $276,000 for a dinosaur skull that was later found to be illegally smuggled from Mongolia. The fossil, a Tarbosaurus bataar skull, was purchased by Cage in 2007 at a Beverly Hills auction. Years later, authorities discovered it was contraband. The actor reportedly outbid Leonardo DiCaprio for the 70-million-year-old skull, adding to his reputation as an eccentric collector.