NEW YORK, July 11 (UPI) -- Dozens of dinosaur fossils have been illegally unearthed and smuggled out of Mongolia over the years. Now, many of them are returning home.
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it had returned the remains of at least 18 dinosaur specimens, all confiscated by U.S. authorities between 2005 and 2011 -- enough for the massive Asian nation to start a new museum. Mongolia is planning to build its very own dinosaur museum, converting what used to be a history museum devoted Vladimir Lenin in Ulan Bator, the nation's capital.