Shortly after the latest book focusing on Nelson Mandela’s life was published and distributed to all participating stores, it was taken off the shelves and packed away.

The good news for those of you who were able to grab a copy just in time, the book you bought for around R300 could now be worth a whole lot more.

To catch you up to speed, here’s what went down, according to EWN:

Penguin Random House South Africa has decided to immediately withdraw the Mandela’s Last Years book written by Vejay Ramlakan [pic above].

The controversial book detailing Madiba’s state of health and his passing in 2013 has been condemned by his widow, Graça Machel, who says the book breaches doctor-patient confidentiality.

Ramlakan was Mandela’s former doctor – the man who cared for him in the last seven years of his life:

On Monday afternoon, the publisher decided that no further copies will be issued out of respect for the Mandela family.

Penguin Random House says Ramlakan had stated that he had been requested by the Mandela family to publish the book.

So what are these so-called “breaches” that Machel speaks of? Well, apparently there’s some super juicy information:

In it, Ramlakan details some of Madiba’s ailments, how an ambulance transporting the former president caught fire en route to hospital six months before his death and he reveals that a spy camera was found in the morgue where his body was being held.

The royal house of Mandela has welcomed the decision to immediately withdraw Mandela’s Last Years.

Mandela’s Last Years also goes into detail about Madiba’s final days, claiming it was his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and not his widow Machel who was at his side when he passed.

No wonder Machel didn’t want the book published. A burning ambulance? A spy cam? What else is there?

How much is it all worth? Several people are “willing to pay an arm and a leg just to get their hands on the controversial book,” reports The Citizen:

Many South Africans as well as people outside the country have offered to pay huge sums for the book.

Dalena Kalambo told TimesLive he bought the book for just under R300 before it was taken off the shelf, but has received numerous offers, with some people offering him up to R9 000.

Although Ramlakan has been accused of violating doctor-patient confidentiality, we can’t help but wonder what else he has to say.

[source:citizen&EWN]