DNA pioneer James Watson, who helped discover the double helix after stealing research from Rosalind Franklin, will finally get his 23-carat gold Nobel medal back from the Russian purchaser.

Watson, who got 4.1 million dollars from the auction, said while putting his medal up for sale that he wanted to reenter public life, after a series of racist 2007 comments about the intelligence of Africans.
He had planned to use the money to buy a painting by David Hockney and also said about donating some of the money to academic institutions, like the University of Chicago.
However, Usmanov said that in his opinion, a situation in which an outstanding scientist has to sell a medal recognizing his achievements is unacceptable and as is one of the greatest biologists in the history of mankind, his award for the discovery of DNA structure must belong to him.
Source-ANI