"The Gyroids from the Animal Crossing series are based on Japanese clay figures named 'haniwa'. These figures are buried alongside the dead in graves. This means that, when you dig up a Gyroid, you are actually robbing someone's grave." (here's where i got that from btw https://www.pinterest.com/pin/412079434629220131/) (Also now that gyroids are found in fragments... does that mean that tom nook sent people to make their own getaway islands with dead BODIES?)
personally the acnh ver of gyroids are better then the acnl since they're just recolors of the same models