Fake skeleton turns out to be real at London Dungeon

Skeletal remains which were previously thought to be artificial have turned out to be the real thing at an exhibit at the London Dungeon giving it extra creep factor. The bones which are thought to have been at the dungeon since 1975 now seem to be quite a lot older than the exhibition itself.

In fact Guy’s Hospital medical museum curator Bill Edwards thinks the remains of some poor soul which are a rib-cage and backbone were probably wired together in the 1950’s and since then presumed to be artificial. The curator will also be returning to see if a second skeleton hanging in a cage is also made of human remains. Apparently dungeon bosses are thought to be ’99 per cent’ sure that they are real.

According to the BBC, he said: “I need to go back and examine that one more closely when the Dungeon team can get it down from the wall. But from what I could see, it looks either human, or a combination of some human and some artificial parts.”

Because the first skeleton was found to be human, the London Dungeon must now decide whether or not they are willing to pay for a licence from the Human Tissues Authority which costs £2000 a year.

Spokesman Mark Oakley stated to TravelMail: “We had suspicions that these skeletons might be real, but it still came as a bit of a shock to have it confirmed. We have yet to decide [what to do]. We’ve even talked about giving them a dignified burial. We’re still mulling that. We’ll probably go and look at some artificial skeletons and see how good they are.”

Mr Oakley said: “The London Dungeon is full of secrets and we’re forever turning up surprises.”

They recently discovered that the Dungeon was near a World War Two bomb shelter, which was the scene of ‘quite a horrific tragedy’.
The skeleton remains were set to be used for the London Dungeon’s yearly ‘Satan’s Grotto’ exhibit however because of recent findings they will now be making sure they use artificial props.

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