​CIA prototype of Osama bin Laden doll up for auction

A single CIA prototype for an Osama bin Laden doll is being sold by auction on Nov. 20, and online bidding is now open.

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 12-inch doll comes with two removable heads--one normal turbaned, bearded bin Laden, and one red-faced, green-eyed monster bin Laden. It's attired in a five-button removable robe (but does not come with other outfits), off-white pants and black boots.

According to the Washington Post, the CIA only produced three of the dolls, and in after the prototype was produced, it decided to scrap the idea. 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 them, and Levine had one. 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. He declined to guess what the final price might be.

Heller also said that this is one of the two strangest things he's seen sold by Nate D. Sanders Auctions--the other was Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin, which fetched $87,000 in 2011.