Indlu yangasese eqinile engu-18K ebizwa ngokuthi 'iMelika' futhi ebiza cishe u-£1 million ($1.25 million) yebiwe endaweni okwazalelwa kuyo. Winston Churchill. Ubugebengu obungcolile buhilela amasela aklebhula igolide lama-carat angu-18 emapayipini awo, adala izikhukhula eBlenheim Palace eWoodstock, England.

Izigebengu zigqekeze endaweni yomlando zeba “indlu yangasese enenani eliphakeme eyenziwe ngegolide eyayibukiswe esigodlweni,” kusho uDetective Inspector uJess Milne.

“Ngenxa yokuthi indlu yangasese ifakwe amapayipi ebhilidini, lokhu kudale umonakalo omkhulu kanye nezikhukhula.”

Amaphoyisa aseThames Valley abophe indoda eneminyaka engu-66 ubudala mayelana necala lokweba ngemuva kokuba ethole umbiko wokugqekezwa kwesigodlo saseBlenheim ekuseni ngoMgqibelo.

Indlu yangasese esagolide yaqanjwa ngokuthi 'iMelika' futhi yayiyingxenye yombukiso wezobuciko wesimanje esigodlweni. Idalwe umculi wase-Italy uMaurizio Cattelan, ifakwe ngaphakathi kwegumbi lamapulangwe elibhekene negumbi okwazalelwa kulo owayengundunankulu wase-UK uChurchill, futhi izivakashi zikwazile ukungena kulayini ukuze zilisebenzise.

Ithoyilethi alikatholakali, amaphoyisa asesikhiphile isicelo sokuthi noma ngubani ongaba nolwazi aphumele obala.