The country was false. But his land taking in Bolivia was real.

They say they are emissaries of the first “sovereign nation” of the world for the Hindus, with its own passports and “cosmic constitution”. They claim to have created an official currency in sacred gold, managed by a “reserve bank”.

Representatives of this non -existent country made statements during UN events and laid for photos with world statesmen, members of the US Congress and the mayor of Newark. Their leader, a fugitive holy man, claims to be able to guide the reincarnation process, ensuring that the billionaires who use his services will not be poor in the next life.

But the self-proclaimed United States of Kialasa has now collided with reality.

Last week, Bolivia officials said they had arrested 20 people associated with Kailasa, accusing them of “land traffic” after negotiating 1,000 -year -old leases with Aboriginal groups for the Amazon stretches.

The agreements were declared zero and the Kialasans were expelled – not to Kailasa, but in their countries of origin, including India, the United States, Sweden and China.

“Bolivia does not maintain diplomatic relations with the alleged nation” United States of Kailasa “, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia in a statement. The “Kialasa Press Bureau of the Holy See of Hinduism” did not respond to requests for comments.

The bizarre story of Kailasa extends at least until 2019, when the guru known as Swami Nithyananda – alias his divine holiness, the supreme pontiff of Hinduism – fled India after being accused of rape, torture and child abuse.