The only prototype for an Osama Bin Laden doll created by the CIA is up for auction. The auction will take place on November 20.
The doll was part of a 2005 secret project called "Devil Eyes," and the CIA intended to distribute the dolls across Afghanistan to scare Afghan children into rejecting al Qaeda. The spy agency turned to Donald Levine, the creator of the GI Joe doll, to imagine its bin Laden doll. Levine designed the doll with manufacturers in China.
The creepy looking doll has has two removable heads, one which is "normal" and another which is a "red-faced, green-eyed monster" bin Laden.
The Washington Post reported that the CIA only produced three dolls, but decided to scrap the project. Spokesman Ryan Trapani told the Post that the CIA, "has no knowledge of these action figures being produced or distributed by others."
The CIA has two of the dolls and creator Levine has the other. "After Levine died in May, his estate decided to sell the doll. The bidding started at $2,500, with one bidder already meeting the minimum. Auction house spokesman Sam Heller told CBS News the listing has generated a lot of interest, although he doesn't expect bidding to pick up until the last couple of days before the auction ends."