inal ▁w orm s . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁York ▁Arch ae ological ▁Trust ▁employee ▁and ▁pale os cat ologist , ▁Dr ▁Andrew ▁Jones , ▁made ▁international ▁news ▁with ▁his ▁app rais al ▁of ▁the ▁item ▁for ▁ins urance ▁purposes : ▁" This ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁exc iting ▁piece ▁of ▁ex crement ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁seen ... ▁In ▁its ▁own ▁way , ▁it ' s ▁as ▁ir replace able ▁as ▁the ▁Crown ▁Jew els ". ▁The ▁layers ▁that ▁covered ▁the ▁cop rol ite ▁were ▁mo ist ▁and ▁pe aty . ▁They ▁preserved ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁cop rol ite ▁but ▁also ▁tim ber , ▁text iles ▁and ▁le ather . ▁ ▁Display ▁The ▁spec imen ▁was ▁put ▁on ▁display ▁at ▁the ▁city ' s ▁Arch ae ological ▁Resource ▁Centre ▁( now ▁known ▁as ▁D IG ), ▁the ▁out re ach ▁and ▁education ▁institution ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁York ▁Arch ae ological ▁Trust . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁it ▁broke ▁into ▁three ▁pieces ▁after ▁being ▁dropped ▁whilst ▁on ▁exhibition ▁to ▁a ▁party ▁of ▁visitors . ▁, ▁efforts ▁were ▁under way ▁to ▁re construct ▁it . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁displayed ▁at ▁J or vik ▁Vik ing ▁Centre ▁since ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁B one : ▁The ▁Man ▁Be hind ▁the ▁L loy ds ▁Bank ▁Tur d ▁- ▁Video ▁discuss ing ▁the ▁discovery ▁and ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁cop rol ite ▁ ▁Category : Ang lo - N or se ▁England ▁Category