Ua ʻae kekahi kanaka i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka manamana lima mai kahi kiʻi terra cotta 2,000 makahiki i ka wā hoʻomaha ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Franklin ma Philadelphia, ua ʻae ʻo ia i kahi palapala noi e hoʻopakele iā ia mai kahi hoʻopaʻi paʻahao 30 makahiki, e like me kaPhilly Leo.

I ka makahiki 2017, ua komo ʻo Michael Rohana, he malihini i ka ʻahaʻaina hoʻomaha "ʻahuʻula ʻino" ma hope o nā hola i mālama ʻia ma ka hale hōʻikeʻike, i loko o kahi hōʻikeʻike kaula o nā koa terra cotta Kina i loaʻa ma ka hale kupapaʻu o Qin Shi Huang, ka mōʻī mua o Kina. . Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi kiaʻi, ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i kahi selfie me kahi kiʻi o ka mea holo lio, ua uhaʻi ʻo Rohana i kekahi mea mai kekahi o nā kiʻi.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻia kahi noiʻi FBI ma hope koke o ka ʻike ʻana o nā limahana hale hōʻikeʻike ua nalowale ka manamana lima o ke kiʻi. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu, ua nīnau nā mea noiʻi federal iā Rohana ma kona home, a hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka manamana lima, āna i "hoʻopaʻa ai i loko o kahi pahu," i nā luna.

ʻO nā hoʻopiʻi kumu kūʻē iā Rohana—ka ʻaihue a me ka hūnā ʻana i kahi mea hoʻoilina moʻomeheu mai kahi hale hōʻikeʻike—ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna palapala noi. ʻO Rohana, e noho ana ma Delaware, ua manaʻo ʻia e ʻae ʻo ia i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana ma waena o nā mokuʻāina, e hiki mai ana me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻelua makahiki a me ka uku $20,000.

I ka wā o kāna hoʻokolokolo ʻana, ma ʻApelila 2019, ua ʻae ʻo Rohana ʻo ka ʻaihue ʻana i ka manamana lima he hewa ʻona ia i wehewehe ʻia e kāna loio ʻo "ka hana ʻino ʻōpio," e like me kaBBC.ʻAʻole hiki i ke kiure ke ʻae i ka ʻae ʻana no nā hoʻopiʻi koʻikoʻi e kūʻē iā ia, ua paʻa, a ua alakaʻi i kahi hoʻokolokolo hewa.

Wahi a kaBBC,Ua "hoʻohewa ikaika" nā luna aupuni ma Kina i ka hale hōʻikeʻike no ka "hana ʻole" me nā kiʻi terra cotta a noi aku iā Rohana e "hoʻopaʻi nui ʻia." Ua hoʻouna aku ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Philadelphia i ka poʻe Kina i kahi kala kala no ka pōʻino i hana ʻia i ke kiʻi, i hōʻaiʻē ʻia i ka Franklin mai ka Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center.

Pono ʻo Rohana no ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana ma ka ʻaha federala o Philidelphia i ka lā 17 ʻApelila.