10 Weirdest Things Famous Actors Did With Their Money

10. Nicolas Cage - A Stolen Mongolian Dinosaur Skull

While this entire list could be dedicated solely to the strange things Nicolas Cage has bought over the years (a haunted house, an actual medieval castle, etc.) the top spot has to go to his acquiring of a stolen Tyrannosaurus Bataar skull in 2007.

The skull in question originated in Mongolia, and cost Cage a whopping $276,000. Then again, that's quite the bargain for the illegally smuggled head of a real dinosaur.

Even stranger, Cage only successfully paid for the skull after an intense bidding war with none other than Leonardo DiCaprio. If that doesn't sound like the plot to the next National Treasure film, then nothing does.

What Cage used the skull for, no one knows, but he was forced to return it to US Authorities in 2014 so that it could be sent back to Mongolia. Hey, it was stolen, after all.

The skull now resides back in Mongolia, although neither Cage nor the gallery that hosted the auction was charged with any wrongdoing. Somewhat surprising, considering how illegal the shipment of fossils in Mongolia is. Not only that, this isn't the first dinosaur the gallery has sold, after previously illegally buying and selling an entire dinosaur skeleton.

Looks like someone hasn't watched Jurassic Park.