Aleksandra Moorast, tromping through the deserts of Tunisia, has stumbled on people living in the abandoned sets of the first Star Wars movie.  FTA:

Surprisingly, his French was perfect and he explained to me that since he had neither family nor money, he came to live in the movie set. He looks after the place, the real roof of the fake house protects him from the sandstorms, and if a tourist throws him a small coin every once in a while, he can buy some more tea and some food. And he is hardly the only one living in the Lucas-built wonderland in the middle of the Sahara.