A woman has lost her 25-year fight to avoid eviction from her £3million castle over a £230 debt.
Marian van Overwaele, 71, had refused to pay a bill relating to a bridalwear business she ran in 1997.
Her debt soon spiralled to £30,000 and she was was subsequently made bankrupt in 2000.
Now, the long-running legal wrangle over £3m Knockderry Castle in Argyll Scotland, has concluded as officers took control of the building on behalf of trustees.
She has spent the last two decades appealing attempts to have her removed but earlier this year she lost her bid to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Mrs van Overwael was not there when the eviction took place but her family insist the fight is not over.
She transferred ownership of the mult-million pound mansion to her brother George Amil and has continued to live there with him.
He spoke outside at the A-listed castle and told the BBC : "This is our house. I paid for it. I worked hard in this house. This decree is not against me.
"We just ended up homeless, I don't know where we are going to go now.
"It is a giant miscarriage of justice, someone has been sequestrated for £230 that was already paid, but the whole matter is a conspiracy and a cover up. It is so bad and a shame. We are going to keep fighting."
Mrs van Overwaele transferred ownership of the mult-million pound mansion to her brother and has continued to live there with him.
In September 2010, sheriff officers and police arrived to evict Mrs van Overwaele after costs related to her bankruptcy spiralling to £160,000.
However, the pensioner appealed the eviction notice and was given more time to pay.
Judges at the Court Of Session upheld an earlier decision last July to allow the bankruptcy trustee, George Lafferty, go ahead with the eviction.
The law lords ruled against Mrs van Overwaele and her brother because the pair failed to attend court without proper excuse.
They had claimed they were unwell, but this was not accepted by the court, with the pair going on to appeal the ruling.
Speaking previously about the case, she said: "The original bill had nothing to do with me in the first place.
"This house now belongs to my brother and my family have spent hundreds of thousands of pounds lovingly restoring it.
"This is my home but I am very worried that the house will be taken.
"I am 45 years in Scotland now, my life is here. It has affected me very badly and I don't want to cry - I have cried enough.
"Sometimes I wake during the night and pray, 'Please let this be a dream, or a nightmare and not a true story'."
