He told police he'd snapped up the plastic life-size model at a local flea market but strapped it into his front passenger seat because he thought it would be damaged in the boat.
A police spokesman said: 'It was only when we stopped the car that we realised it was a British right hand drive car - and the skeleton was therefore in the passenger seat.
"We could not make any charges against him as it is not illegal to have a plastic skeleton in your car."
http://austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2011-07-29/35269/Ghost_Busted -via Arbroath