My iPhone has reset and I can't restore it from the back up

I Have an iPhone 5s and someone got hold of my phone and i think they were trying the crack the passcode. They weren't successful and I think my phone has been reset. When I turn it on the only options I have are:
1) set up as a new phone
2) restore from iCloud
3) restore from iTunes
i don't have a back up to the iCloud (confirmed by Apple)
i do have a back up from February 2014 but I set up a password that I now can't remember for the life of me.
The only previous back up was in January 2013.
When I tried to restore the phone to the January 2013 back up it kept telling me to go into my iPhone and turn off the "find my iPhone" obviously I am unable to do this as the phone won't let me in until I restore it, but iTunes won't let me restore until I've turned "find my iPhone" off!
I guess this is what I'd like to be able to do:
1) get my phone back to where it was last Thursday despite no back up since February, if this isn't possible then...
2) restore it from the February back up by somehow cracking my password, is there a way around this? Apple think not, and I have the added issues of the "find my iPhone" being turned on and I can't turn it off
3) restore from the January 2013 back up, not ideal and I have the "find my iPhone" issue on iTunes.
please help, I've been without my iPhone for days now and it's so frustrating as it costs me a lot of money and I can't use it!
thanks in advance

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