In a two-part particular, 101 East explores Asia’s position within the booming multimillion-dollar dinosaur fossil commerce.
The worldwide demand for dinosaur fossils is booming, with rising curiosity from rich collectors throughout Asia. In 2024, a Stegosaurus skeleton was bought at an public sale in New York for a file $44.6m.
Fossil hunters are raking in income, whereas Asian patrons bond over their collections and see fossils as a approach to educate the subsequent technology about historical past.
Nonetheless, some teachers say the business fossil commerce is unethical and dangerous to science.
101 East investigates the multimillion-dollar commerce in dinosaur fossils.
Printed On 7 Feb 2026
