There is software out there that will product a 3D image from a series of photographs - sorry I forget what it was called (and so far haven't been able to located it in Google). So that may be a option as well if the owner would be willing to take s series of photos of it. Then could be 3D printed.
Well here is one, not the one I was thinking of, but would work: http://www.123dapp.com/catch