Mr Ambekar says the Gujarat government's plan for all artefacts excavated from Vadnagar was to place them in local museums. Bhakarba Thakor The skeleton was coated with materials to protect itExcavating the skeleton was a time-consuming process, Mr Ambekar says, adding that it took two months to complete. Various tools were used to carefully brush the soil away and free the skeleton from its ancient grave. Mr Ambekar says that portions of an earthen rampart believed to have been built by the region's first settlers exists even today. The entire operation took six days to complete, says Mr Ambekar.