( CNN ) -- A wide-eyed , open-mouthed model of a dinosaur hatchling , the theft of which apparently was captured by surveillance cameras , is safely back in its nest at a North Carolina museum exhibit . Police said the statue was inside a bag left Wednesday night near a rear service entrance at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh . Museum officials estimated the value of the 12- to 14-inch-long model at $ 10,000 . Logan Todd Ritchey , 21 , and Alyssa Ann Lavacca , 21 , turned themselves in Thursday morning , according to the North Carolina State Capitol Police . They have been charged with two felony counts of theft or destruction of property of museums . In surveillance images taken Monday , a male in striped shorts is seen climbing over a low glass barrier into a museum exhibit and bending down . He then hops back out over the barrier and puts something in a large , multicolored purse carried by a female accomplice . Security guards discovered the replica was missing the next day . Police also suspect the pair in a similarly odd theft of items at the North Carolina Museum of History . Inventory missing from that museum included a prop cabbage head , a prop corn cob and prop doilies , along with a real medicine bottle , said Jackson Marshall , associate director of the history museum . They were later found at the sciences museum , Marshall said . Police said the suspects have been cooperative in the investigation . `` I doubt these two individuals realized the seriousness of tampering with artifacts and exhibits in a public museum , '' said State Capitol Police Chief Glen Allen .
The dinosaur replica at N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is valued at about $ 10,000 . Two people are seen in surveillance images apparently taking the replica from its exhibit . The two are also suspected of stealing prop veggies and vegetables from the museum . The items missing from the history museum are found at the sciences museum .