Human skull removed from auction after outcry

The human remains are listed for sale at an auction in Montrose (Julien Behal/PA)

An auction house has withdrawn a human skull and thigh bone from sale after history experts blasted it as “unethical”.

The ex-medical items are listed in the Militaria, Domestic & Rural Bygones sale at Taylor’s Auction Rooms in Montrose, Angus on May 5.