Chinese man moves his home 492 feet after Govt. threats to demolish the property

After villagers were threatened by the

government to demolish their properties in

other to make way for a new provincial

highway, a Chinese man has been forced to

move his home 492 feet to avoid losing it.



Despite the government offer to compensate

owners of 165 homes in Taixing City, China's

Jiangsu, the determine villager who didn't

want to part ways with his three-storey

property, spent 120,000 yuan (£13,959) to

move the entire house, using wooden rollers.



The relocation which took only two days was

completed on March 21, and he was also

compensated by the government for moving

his house, People's Daily Online reported.