# Human Remains in Private Hands?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-remains-in-private-hands/29537>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 16, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-remains-in-private-hands/29537 "2000-08-16T05:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-remains-in-private-hands/29537/21 "2012-12-20T22:29:35Z")

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> [@GaWd](#):
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> …AFAIK, from my mom the doctor, India is making a killing selling off their skeletons and they are or were the largest exporter of medical-grade display skeletons…

According to the audio commentary on **Return of the Living Dead** seme of the props (including the skeletons) in the warehouse were real human remains, from India. The director seemed very surprised at how easy it was to get intact human skeletons (that still had all their teeth) from India.

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