Dinosaur collecting

Subway stop at the American Museum of Natural History New York City (Supplied)

Dinosaur Skeleton (Flickr user Ruben Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

Dinosaur (Flickr user Chase Elliott Clark Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

Laurie Gwen Shapiro (Eric Pomerance)

Paleontologist Dr. Mark Norell of The American Museum of Natural History New York (Laurie Gwen Shapiro)

Nothing tells the world you've made it quite like a real-life Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton standing in your hallway!

There is a new breed of dinosaur collector and they're outbidding the world's top museums, spending millions of dollars for the world's best bones and fossils.

Simon Morton speaks to writer and filmmaker Laurie Gwen Shapiro who's been investigating the burgeoning market for dinosaur bones and other Jurassic artefacts.

You can read Laurie's article here.