The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a curious museum to sell off some unusual items including a dodo bone, a unicorn skull and Queen Victoria’s knickers. Viktor Wynd is selling the eccentric exhibits to keep his Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History afloat. Wynd said: “In the last year we haven’t been able to trade so our finances are disastrous. When we do open, will people want to visit an underground cramped museum?”
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