On September 17, 2020, the T-Rex skeleton known as "Stan" was exhibited in a gallery at Christie's auction house in New York
In October 2020, a 39-foot-long (about 11.9-meter) Tyrannosaurus rex fossil was sold to an anonymous buyer for $31.8475 million (about 200 million yuan) at Christie's live auction, National Geographic reported.
On Monday, Johnson was spotted on the reality TV show Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli when he was found with a giant tyrant skull in his home office.
The host, Eli Manning, pointed out and asked what was going on.
Johnson laughed and said, yeah, I have a T-Rex keel, and everyone doesn't look like "Stan", haha.
On Tuesday, Johnson responded at length on Instagram, saying he was not a buyer and that what was seen was a replica.
He wrote that after my live interview with Manning last night, the worldwide scientific community was speculating that I was the "mystery buyer" of "Stan." This is a copy of Stan that I bought from a friend at the Black Mountain Institute of Geological Research and Paleontological Excavations.
The original "Stan" was discovered in 1987 by amateur paleontologist Stan Sacrison and was finally excavated in 1992. In the scientific community, this Tyrannosaurus rex skull is considered to be the best-preserved skull ever found, completely primitive. This Tyrannosaurus Rex is named after him.
That's why "Stan" is so different. In 2020, "Stan" was auctioned off to an anonymous buyer, who has not been seen since.
Johnson said he was very passionate about paleontology and archaeology, and that he had a lot of respect for the subject, and if he really had the original "Stan", he would put it in the museum so that the whole world could appreciate and learn it.
According to a poll, Johnson went from professional wrestler to movie star and important entrepreneur, and nearly half of Americans want him to become the next president of the United States, and his influence with 290 million followers on Instagram should not be underestimated.