Beach skull may be from museum

As I keep up with what's going on with museums, I've been building a little database of articles from around the world dealing with a number of issues museums face. I came across this from the Herald-Sun in Australia on September 16...

A SKULL which was found washed up on a Sydney beach may have come from a museum, university or private collection.
While forensic tests are continuing, early indications are that the circumstances that led the skull to wash up on Mona Vale on the Northern Beaches are not suspicious.

Police said many lines of inquiry are being pursued, including with museums and academic institutions, as well as known private collectors of skeletal remains.

The skull, believed to be that of a child, was found about 6.45am last Friday by a person walking along the beach.

It was taken to Glebe Morgue for DNA and orthodontic testing.

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I think, first of all, anytime a skull washes up on a beach, it should immediately be considered "suspicious." If it's from a museum or private collection, there's no instance in which it is - conservationally speaking - acceptable for a skull to find its way into the ocean.