The roof has been torn off the UK's “biggest man cave” which is finally being demolished after a decade-long planning battle. <br /><br />Millionaire Graham Wildin, 70, continuously defied court orders to knock down his illegal 10,000sq/ft leisure complex - and has even served jail time over it. <br /><br />The row has been ongoing since 2014 when he built the 'man cave' with a bowling alley, casino and a cinema at the back of his home - without planning permission. <br /><br />The Forest of Dean District Council started pulling it down in June - and this week the roof had been torn off, revealing the gutted inside. <br /><br />Drone pictures show the shell of the building which sits behind his home in Cinderford, Gloucestershire. <br /><br />There was no sign of the plush squash courts, soft play area or bowling alley which can be seen in a video of the complex when it was first built. <br /><br />An onlooker said: "It really looks nothing like the plush leisure centre which we once saw there." <br /><br />Wildin's first of five court defeats came in September 2018 when a High Court injunction was handed down initially giving him until the end of April 2020 to remove the building. <br /><br />He failed to comply with the injunction and was given a suspended sentence in June 2021. <br /><br />He then lost an appeal against the sentence at the Court of Appeal that November and he was ordered to demolish the complex by March 10 2022. <br /><br />But when Wildin’s defiance continued, the six-week suspended sentence for contempt of court was activated on August 13 2022. <br /><br />Once released from HMP Cardiff, he was given 18 weeks to “soft strip” the interior of the building to make it unusable. <br /><br />That deadline expired in January 2023 and last year was his FIFTH court defeat as his sentence was upheld and he was ordered to pay £9,962 in costs to the district council - despite claiming he had now sold it all for just £1. <br /><br />It was reported in September 2023 he had been issued an interim injunction to stop him harassing neighbours with parking and CCTV. <br /><br />Wildin’s neighbours alleged he is taking his frustration with the council out on them by clogging up the street’s parking spaces with his fleet of classic cars. <br /><br />He appealed, and in December it was said he was given a final injunction - allowing him to only park two cars on the road plus provision for two visitors, who can only stay for a maximum of eight hours. <br /><br />The judge also ordered that Mr Wildin cannot keep the CCTV surveillance cameras on the exterior of any vehicle nor on any extendable pole. <br /><br />But in March this year it was reported the six-bed home near the 'man cave' - thought to be owned by his family, was to become a holiday let. <br /><br />A temporary go-ahead has been given for it to be used as such - despite locals worries over noise, cars and "noisy revellers". <br /><br />Last month Wildin was asked if he had any comment, and if he thought the demolition was fair but did not answer questions and promptly returned inside the property.
