Oh no, where's our dino?

The half of the team that took the plane to reach Africa, together with Dr. Ralf Kosma, landed in the Republic of Niger on 12th March 2007. Permission to excavate was granted on 15th March 2007. The team left for the excavation site full of anticipation. The next day they visited the excavation site. However, the dinosaur skeleton was gone. The team found evidence of a professional excavation. Someone else had dug out the Brunswick dinosaur and taken it away. The team was distraught. Were all their struggles for nothing?