In recent years, several small towns in Italy have begun selling vacant homes for just one euro (about $1.18) in an effort to repopulate rural communities. The promise of cheap land — often in gorgeous, medieval villages — is undeniably intriguing, but left many would-be buyers wondering if the prospect was too good to be true.  Well, HGTV fans are about to learn the answer.

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that actress Lorraine Bracco, who starred in Goodfellas and The Sopranos, was one of the buyers who decided to take the plunge and purchase a $1 home in Sicily — and she'll be documenting her entire experience in a new show, My Big Italian Adventure, premiering October 30.