In today’s world, almost everything can be purchased by dubious means. If people want it badly enough, they will find a way to obtain it illegally or underhandedly.
Including, it would appear…dinosaurs.

               The United States had the distinct honor of returning over a dozen illegally smuggled dinosaur fossils to the government of Mongolia. The collection included two Tyrannosaurus baatars (relatives of the Tyrannosaurus rex), six Oviraptors, and “several” Gallimimuses.

Several of the fossils, including one of the Tyrannosaurus baatars, had been confiscated from an auction after they had been sold by a Florida fossil dealer last June.

Perhaps it goes to show that for some, the opportunity to own an authentic piece of natural history is simply too strong to resist. For the rest of us, a trip to the museum ought to still be enough.