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Weird Thief at Melbourne Exhibition

August 2, 2007 at 11:51 AM | 0 Comments

If you're into the scientific display of preserved human body parts for a legitimate educational cause, then you've probably heard of the Body Worlds exhibition, which has been held around the world since a German scientist came up with the idea of preserving bodies and body parts using a technique called plastination. Body Worlds has been shown all over the US (although it's currently banned in a couple of states) and a version is touring Australia under the name of The Amazing Human Body.

But strangely, the Australian exhibition, currently at the Docklands area in Melbourne, is now missing one body part. A section of a Chinese man's ankle was stolen and is still on the run. What anybody wants with one slice of an ankle cross-section is not something we can understand, but if Body Worlds comes your way then we recommend keeping your hands (and not somebody else's preserved hands) in your pocket.

Related Stories:
· Ankle Stolen From Body Display [news.com.au]
· Travel Stories in Melbourne [Jaunted]

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