article_snippet: Archaeologists had to carefully remove stone lid on top the coffin (above) in order to exhume whose body .
article_snippet: The lead coffin had been damaged by water around the feet (above) causing the skeleton to become damaged . '
article_snippet: Further excavations on the site in August 2013, however, revealed a limestone sarcophagus (above).
article_snippet: a limestone sarcophagus (above) was first uncovered in 2012 at the same time as Richard III but due to bad weather archaeologists had to wait until the following year before being able to return to begin excavating the coffin .
article_snippet: The stonework of the sarcophagus had cracked and crumbled (shown above) due to the weight of the lid .
article_snippet: However, it was the coffin found within the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists.
article_snippet: Mathew Morris (above) said: 'the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists was a tapered box carved from a single block of limestone.
article_snippet: Unfortunately, the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists did not properly fit the coffin found within the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists allowing water to get inside, and the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists immense weight had badly cracked the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists, meaning the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists could not be lifted intact. '
article_snippet: However, inside the coffin found within the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists was undamaged except for a hole at the foot end of the casket where the lead had decayed and collapsed inward exposing the skeleton’s feet.'
article_snippet: Initially the coffin found within the stone sarcophagus that has attracted most attention from archaeologists was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary to be examined for an endoscope in case any tissue had been preserved.