Two Germans stole 14 skulls from a "bone burial" in a church in southern Austria, and the Austrian police said today, Saturday, that the skulls were seized, yesterday, Friday, during a police search of a car in the state of "Kirnt".
The 43-year-old driver and his 35-year-old companion said they took the skulls; Because they are very interested in the cultures of mourning and burial.
The two men, who are from the German state of Bavaria, said they had not stolen any skulls before.
The two men took the skulls, which they put in the trunk of the car, from an open-access ossuary in the Austrian region of Muebling.
The police investigated the skulls, and said that a complaint would be issued against the two men, who are fond of the culture of the dead, after investigating them on charges of desecrating tombs.
"Bone burials" are used to store bones that can no longer be accommodated in tombs; due to lack of space.
Okaz (Vienna)