Description
This mummy was found on October 19, 2000. While investigating the murder, Pakistani authorities were made aware of a videotape recorded by Ali Akbar, in which he claimed to be a mummy for sale. When questioned by the police, Akbar told them where the mummy was located. At the home of tribal leader Wali Muhammad Riki in Kharan, Balochistan, near the border with Afghanistan. Riki claimed that he had received the mummy from an Iranian named Sharif Shahbakhi, who said he had gotten it after an earthquake near Quetta. The mummy was put up for sale on the black antiquities market for 600 million rupees, equivalent to $11 million.