Owesilisa osolwa ngokweba isithupha esithombeni se-terracotta esineminyaka engu-2 000 ubudala ngesikhathi sephathi yeholide e-Philadelphia Franklin Museum usamukele isivumelwano esizomsindisa ekugwetshweni iminyaka engu-30 ejele, ngokusho kombiko.Philly Voice.

Ngo-2017, uMichael Rohana, isivakashi ephathini yeholide “yejezi elibi” ebibanjelwe emnyuziyamu, wangena embukisweni wezintambo wamaqhawe ase-Chinese terra cotta atholakala ethuneni lika-Qin Shi Huang, umbusi wokuqala waseChina. . Izithombe ezigadweyo zabonisa ukuthi, ngemva kokuthatha isithombe ozishuthe sona nesifanekiso somgibeli wamahhashi, u-Rohana wephula okuthile kwesinye sezifanekiso.

Uphenyo lwe-FBI belusaqhubeka ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzi basemnyuziyamu bebone ukuthi isithupha somfanekiso besingekho. Kungakabiphi, abaphenyi baphenya uRohana ngemibuzo emzini wakhe, wabe esedlulisela isithupha, “ayesesifice eshalofini,” kuziphathimandla.

Amacala asekuqaleni ayebhekene no-Rohana—ukweba kanye nokufihlwa kwento eyigugu lamasiko emnyuziyamu—ahoxisiwe njengengxenye yesicelo sakhe. URohana, ohlala eDelaware, kulindeleke ukuthi alivume icala lokushushumbisa abantu, okuhambisana nesigwebo seminyaka emibili kanye nenhlawulo engu-$20,000.

Ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lakhe, ngo-Ephreli 2019, uRohana wavuma ukuthi ukweba isithupha kwakuyiphutha lokudakwa ummeli wakhe alichaza ngokuthi "ukucekela phansi kwempahla kwentsha," ngokusho kombiko.BBC.Ijaji, lingakwazi ukuvumelana ngamacala anzima abethweswe wona, lavalwa, okuholele ekutheni aqulwe icala.

Ngokusho kweBBC,izikhulu zikahulumeni eChina "zasigxeka kakhulu" lesi sigcinamagugu "ngokudembesela" ngezithombe ze-terra cotta futhi zacela ukuba uRohana "ajeziswe kanzima." UMkhandlu Wedolobha LasePhiladelphia uthumele abantu baseShayina ukuxolisa ngokusemthethweni ngomonakalo owenziwe esifanekisweni, ebesibolekwe abakwaFranklin bevela eShaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center.

URohana kulindeleke ukuthi agwetshwe enkantolo yenhlangano yasePhilidelphia ngomhlaka-17 Ephreli.