Canterbury Museum is undergoing a $200 million dollar development.

That means there's 2.3 million things to relocate, including a blue whale. Transporting this out will be difficult, given the weight of the bones in question.

That's before we get to the elephant in the room… the 150 year old stuffed Asian elephant stuck in the attic, to be precise.

Canterbury Museum Director Anthony Wright talked logistics with us.

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