Authorities in China are planning to demolish a bizarre rooftop villa embedded in rocks, trees and bushes that was allegedly built illegally on top of a 26-storey apartment block in Beijing.
Authorities will tear the structure down in 15 days unless the owner does so himself or presents evidence it was legally built, Haidian district urban management official Dai Jun said.
He said his office has yet to receive a response to the ultimatum.
Newspaper reports said that neighbours have repeatedly complained about the villa that covers an area of 800 square meters (8,610 square feet).
They said that it has damaged pipes and the building’s structural integrity and that the loud, late-night entertaining that goes on inside keeps them up at night.
Reports said the structure belongs to a traditional Chinese medicine mogul.
