Joshua Hutagalung said he felt "cheated" after selling the rock to United States meteorite expert, Jared Collins, for a much cheaper price than its true value, refuting reports from foreign media that had painted him as a sudden multimillionaire after making the sale.

“I have spent all the Rp 200 million I got from selling the meteorite to Collins on helping my family and orphans, building a church and repairing my parents’ graves,” the coffin maker told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

On Aug. 1, Joshua was working on a coffin when the space rock suddenly smashed through the roof of his living room in his house at Setahi Nauli village, Kolang district in Central Tapanuli regency.

Joshua said he was surprised by the booming sound and was at first afraid to approach the fallen object. He then found that it was a meteorite that had left a large hole in his roof and was embedded 15 centimeters deep in the ground.

“I lifted it up, and it was warm. That’s when I thought that it must be a meteorite falling from the sky because it was impossible for someone to throw a rock of that size onto the roof,” he said.

Joshua immediately shared his discovery with his friends on Facebook, and his post soon went viral.

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