Must have been somebody with the 50 million that couldn’t figure out a better way to spend it. I think I could have done better with the same money.
Actually, the T Rex is being procured for free if purchased by one of the Gulf countries.
The US$ consideration for the purchase contract is the electronic banking ledger entry representing say 700,000 barrels of crude.
In say Saudi Arabia or the UAE, the 700,000 barrels of crude are in practical effect, free.
The T Rex fossils are in effect being bartered at no cost to the purchaser. They have merely traded one asset for another.
BTW..... The Future is East Of Suez.