HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A home built in Trousdale County above a large cave that once housed a sophisticated underground marijuana operation may have a delicious -- and legal -- future.

Authorities seized the home in 2005 after finding more than 850 marijuana plants under grow lights in two secured, 100-yard-long underground rooms connected to the home above.

Roth KJase USA, a Wisconsin-based maker of European-style cheeses, won a court-ordered auction of the property with a bid of $285,000.

The company's auction representative, Chuck Olson, hinted about the future of the cave, saying it will be used to make money "in a tasty way." Caves, with their consistent cool temperatures and humidity, have long been used to age cheeses.

Fred Strunk, the previous owner of the home, pleaded guilty last year to charges of growing marijuana, money laundering and theft.

He'll be in prison a minimum of five years.