Reminds me of the story of the Ouagadougou VOR in the end 1960s or early 70s , the VOR was "offered" by France and on the opening day by the authorities appeared a large article on all the majors newspapers praising the work done by a local company in laying a 1Km long coper cable from the VOR to the nearby power station. In the same night the whole cable was dogged out, stripped, and cut into pieces for resale in the local market to make small copper statues that the Europeans that were happy to buy as souvenirs when going back home.