A human skull and thigh bone have been withdrawn from an Angus auction after a history expert called the sale "unethical."The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland had criticised the sale saying it was wrong to "commodify human body parts."
The auction house owner Jonathan Taylor said the items were legal to sell but confirmed they would be removed. The skull and thigh bone, along with a composite model of a human hip bone, were described as ex-medical display items and were each expected to reach between £20 and £40.: "We think that it's wrong to commodify human body parts like this and give them a monetary value and try and buy and sell them.Image caption,Dr Gilmour said he had previously seen another auction house selling a human skull as a candle holder and "other bits of people being sold with no context.
The Human Tissue Act makes it an offence to "engage in commercial dealings of material for the purposes of transplantation" but does not specifically refer to bones. Dr Gilmour said: "I think we need to amend the act in Scotland to incorporate the buying and selling of human remains, no matter what age they are from."
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