Rare near-complete dodo skeleton fetches £346,300 at auction

The 95% complete composite skeleton of extinct bird constructed by an enthusiast who bought bones from private collections

The first near-complete skeleton of a dodo bird to come up for sale in nearly 100 years has fetched 346,300 at auction.

The 95% complete skeleton was painstakingly constructed by a man who started buying bones from private collections and auctions in the 1970s.