US Customs Officials have been startled to discover the skull of a dinosaur in a house in Wyoming. The Tyrannosaurus Bataar, a close relative of the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, was linked to a fossil smuggling ring from Mongolia. The skeleton was sold at an auction for $1.05 million (£652,000) before being seized by the US government. Robert Painter, a Houston attorney representing Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia, said officials hoped that such seizures will have a chilling effect on smuggling. "It's really part of what we hoped would happen ... there would be an increased awareness across the country of Mongolian law and the U.S. government is cooperating in protecting these cultural treasures," Mr Painter said. He predicted there will be more such cases as word gets out about the illegal sale of Mongolian dinosaur bones. Louis Martinez of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations said the investigation