The man was arrested after investigators seized the vast trove of looted artifacts from his home.

Authorities searched the wastewater facility following an anonymous tip.

"I'm very pleased that this ichthyosaur has been found to be new to science, and I'm very honoured for it to be named after me."

Freaky hybrid fish, a mummy's reconstructed voice, and a prehistoric megapredator are a few of the most illuminating scientific breakthroughs that defined this year.

The 5,000-year-old piece of cedar wood is one of only three items that were removed from the Great Pyramid during a 19th-century excavation.

The painting was an untitled piece by 20th-century French artist Yves Tanguy, whose artworks were compared to the likes of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.

Takahiro Shiraishi was arrested in 2017 after nine decapitated bodies were found stored in his apartment.

Agafya Lykova has lived in an isolated settlement in the remote wilds of Siberia for 70 years.

"It all starts in Roswell. It's the origin story of the UFO, the prospect of a government cover-up for alien contact."

Luckily, the pharmaceutical company has not received any reports of adverse effects resulting from the mishap.

From the conman who invented the Ponzi scheme to the modern scam artist who built a multi-billion-dollar company on a fake medical breakthrough, these are history's most conniving grifters.