An online ad reads: "African human skull, early 20th century, 2,000 euros." This DW report tracks how such sales remain legal in Germany, even for skulls tied to the German colonial era, when thousands were shipped home to feed since-discredited racial research theories. Some came from plundered graves, others cut from the dead. Reporters visit a curiosity market on the German-Belgian border where sellers openly use the violent colonial backstory as a selling point, meet one of the largest human-skull dealers in London, and speak to buyers inside Germany about why they collect. Customs expert Daniel Bein explains why the trade isn't outright banned, while politicians weigh new legislation to prohibit private sales of human skulls and bones. The film also follows people searching for the remains of their own ancestors, trying to trace looted skulls back through auction houses and private collections so they can be returned home. It is a quiet, procedural look at a trade most viewers won't know still exists.