The skeleton of a former headmaster is allowed to stay in the biology classroom where he taught for 50 years.
Alexandru Grigore Popescu’s bones were confiscated from rural Puchenii Mosneni elementary school in south-eastern Romania’s Prahova county after health and safety officials discovered it was the real thing.
The teacher had outlined his desire to hang in the lab in his will.
His skeleton was taken away to be professionally checked and specially treated to make sure it was safe.
It has now been returned to the classroom, much to the children’s delight.
History teacher Sorin Stanciu said: ‘He was made head teacher ten years after starting working there and was famous for the fact that he never missed a class. His skeleton was made into a display in the 1960s after his death and he hasn’t missed a class since then either.’
‘I think having our own skeleton is really one of the reasons that we always do really well with students graduating in the sciences and in particular going on to study medicine.’
