Iphone 2g imei blocked how to unlock?

I recently purchased an iphone 2g from eBay, on the add, the person stated that the phone was blocked. I took the phone to orange to check the imei to see if it was really blocked but they said I should check with my local police station, so on the same day I went to the police station and they comfirmed that the imei number was blocked from 2008 so there would be no need to return the phone, especially as I had paid for it. They said they couldn't unblock the phone but there were ways that I could unblock it and one of the ways would be to ask the mobile carrier (which is orange), but would they charge me? And is there another way I can get it unblocked (legally or illegally)? I don't want to change the imei number and would prefer to do it through orange so would they unblock it for me? I live in London so would there also be any shops that can do it?

Added (1). The IMEI number of the phone is blocked, the actual phone is unlocked to all networks and i don't want to jailbreak it. I just need a way to unblock the IMEI number and i would be willing to pay a cost of up to £3 to do so, but i would preffer for it to be free.

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You can't.*** ( nobody can)

I really don't know why anybody knowing this phone s history would part with money
I really don't know why & a 6 year old DISCONTINUED phone would part with money

*** The time to have done the research into blocking would have been before!

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