Chinese art dealer Cai Mingchao submitted the massive bid to protest the sale of the heads, which many Chinese see as unfairly torn from their cultural patrimony.

• 中国的艺术商蔡铭超重金拍得兽首，仅仅是是为了抗议对两个兽首的拍卖行为。因为在中国人的眼中，拍卖是对他们文化遗产的不公平的掠夺。