A cultural inheritance restoration site recently invite masses to bribe a French castling for as little as $ 61 . The only snap ? You ’ll be co - owning it with thousands of other donors . Now K of shareholders are responsible for the circumstances of the Château de la Mothe - Chandeniers in western France , and there ’s still way for more the great unwashed to participate .

grant toMashable , the dilapidated body structure has a plentiful chronicle . Since its construction in the thirteenth century , the castling has been invaded by alien forces , looted , renovated , and lay waste to by a fire . Friends of Château de la Mothe - Chandeniers , a small foundation garment formed in 2016 in an endeavour to maintain the overgrown property , need to see the castle restored to its former aureole .

Thanks to a crowdfunding collaboration with the ethnical inheritance restoration platformDartagnans , the grouping is closer than ever to realizing its mission . More than 9000 World Wide Web user have contributed € 51 ( $ 61 ) or more to the run to “ take on ” Mothe - Chandeniers . Now that the original € 500,000 goal has been fulfilled , the property ’s new owners are creditworthy for deciding what to do with their purchase .

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“ We signify to create a consecrated political program that will earmark each proprietor to supervise the progress of work , events , labor proposals and build up a real collaborative and participatory project , ” the campaign pageboy read . “ To make an abandon downfall a collective work is the best way to protect it over fourth dimension . ”

Even though the initial goal has been fulfil , Dartagnans will continue accepting store for the project through December 25 . Money pull in between now and then will be used to pay for various fees related to the leverage of the website , and new bestower will be added to the growing list of owners .

The shareholder will be among the first to see the cleared - out site during an initial sojourn next spring . The rest of the world will have to wait until it ’s fully doctor to see the final product .

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