A man returned from a trip to north Wales to find his house had been sold without his knowledge.
The Reverend Mike Hall had been away from his property for work when he said he received a call from his neighbours on August 20 to tell him someone was in the house and all the lights were on, BBC reports.
Mr Hall drove back to his home in Luton the following morning, where it's reported he discovered building work underway and a new owner who said he had bought the house.
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A BBC investigation found Mr Hall's identity had been stolen and used to sell the house and bank the proceeds.
Police are now investigating, reports Wales Online.
Mr Hall told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours: "I went to the front door, tried my key in the front door, it didn't work and a man opened the front door to me.
"I pushed him to one side and got in the property. I really didn't know what he was doing there.
"The shock of seeing the house completely stripped of furniture; all furnishings, carpet, curtains - everything - was out of the property."
Mr Hall phoned the police, but says the builder left and returned with the new owner's father, who said he had bought the terraced house in July.
He even told him: "It is now my property. You are now trespassing. Get out."
Mr Hall told the BBC: "We then tried to access the Land Registry documentation online to find out whose name appeared... and it is, in fact, as of August 4, this man's name.
"At that point the police said, 'Well, there's nothing further we can do here. This is a civil matter; you need to leave the house and contact your solicitors.
"I was shocked - having seen the house in the state it was, I was in a bit of a state of shock anyway - but then to be told by the police they didn't believe a criminal offence had been committed here was just unbelievable."
Bedfordshire Police has begun investigating.
The BBC's You and Yours programme obtained the driving licence used to impersonate Mr Hall, details of a bank account set up in his name to receive the proceeds of the sale, and phone recordings of the house being stolen.
Once the house was sold to the new owner for £131,000 by the person impersonating Mr Hall, they legally owned it.
The solicitors involved in the property transaction told the BBC it was inappropriate to comment due to the ongoing police investigation.
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