'Cash In The Attic' footage was misleading

A man who was seen bidding £600 for a doorstop on BBC show Cash In The Attic has claimed that the footage was misleading.

Bob Warman, 60, has revealed how he was filmed bidding for an antique table by programme makers Leopard Films. However, to his horror, he later discovered that the footage had been manipulated to show him at a different auction - offering the pricey sum for a £50 doorstop.

"The way it had been cut it looked like I was bidding for some old doorstop and bidding £600 for it, which just wasn't true," Bob told the News of the World. "It cut across to the family selling the doorstop showing them rubbing their hands with glee and looking across at the bidder - who was supposed to be me - as if I was some kind of idiot.

"I wasn't even there. They had just edited me in from the other auction. It is disgusting. They sliced up sections of the edits like salami and just put them together to create what they wanted even if it wasn't true."

Warman, who works as a local newscaster, complained to the BBC about the programme, but it was later repeated and even shown in other countries.

"I had one call from a friend in South Africa who said he saw it," Bob complained. "These are not isolated incidents. It is arrogant behaviour and not acceptable from our state broadcaster. Heads should roll at the BBC."

A spokesperson for the corporation has promised that Bob's complaint will now be investigated. Several other incidents of editorial breaches are also being examined by the broadcaster.