A friend of mine did this in Missouri...and her house sold quickly after being on the market for a while before she heard to do this.
Funny thing is...after she sold the house and moved a friend asked her did you dig up the statue? nope..they tell her you have to dig it up or you won't have good luck anymore (or something like that)...so one night she is stopping by picking up mail that had been delivered to old house, the new owner called and told her they would be gone, but would leave the mail in the mailbox for her....well she decided that was her perfect opportunity to dig up St Joseph...she parks her car so the lights are shining in the flower bed and is on her knees digging in the dark trying to find it, when the lights all come on and the new owners open the door and ask if they could help her with something
She was so embarrassed, she just said No thank you...and left
