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A 38-foot-long composite Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton comprised of bones from three different dig sites sold for 4.8 million Swiss francs ($5.3 million) at a Zurich auction Tuesday.
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Dinosaur skeleton, named Trinity, was assembled from bones from multiple dig sites and went under the hammer at Koller auction house
More than half of the restored fossil dubbed Trinity is 'original bone material'
The sale, part of a wider auction of artifacts by Koller, marks only the third time such a T. rex skeleton has gone up for auction.
Interested investors may have to dig deep into their pockets to claim a giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton going up for auction on Tuesday -- a first in Europe -- that's been dug up from three sites in the United States and could make the ultimate ornament for a tycoon's abode or other eye-popping display.