This shocking video captures the moment a group of runaway pigs which are causing chaos in a sleepy village digging up and destroying a resident's garden.

The animals have been raiding properties in the village of Garvestone, Norfolk after escaping from a nearby farm.

Locals have even taken it into their own hands to herd the pigs back up to the farm after multiple raids have left residents with thousands of pounds worth of damage.

The animals first began their mission last August but one homeowner has been visited six times in one month.

Colin Williams, 63, said the residents living along Town Lane which leads into Matishall Road are 'devastated'.

The former communications technician said: "The feeling is devastating and we feel for everyone's gardens. "

"This is a quiet, idyllic lane and this has taken over."

"I'd like the damage to be paid for and I'd like to know it wasn't going to happen every week."

Mr Williams, who has lived in Garvestone for seven years, said the pigs first arrived on his property on January 6.

He and a neighbour called the police as the animals were in the road and they came within ten minutes to help.

However just two days later the animals returned.

Mr Williams said: "I got a knock at the door by a man who said 'You should have a look at your garden, the pigs have been out again'."

"For someone who is not a gardener, I was really shocked and disappointed."

Mr Williams said the pigs ran free three more times before January 26 when he and many others on the Lane suffered 'massive damage'.

He added: "It was disappointing for the whole lane to see it like that."

Mr Williams - who set up a CCTV system to detect the pigs' visits - said the damage to his lawn will cost more than £1,000 to repair.

Lorraine and Phil Williams - no relation - have lived in their bungalow for four and a half years and in the last year, have had their garden targeted by pigs six times.

The couple said it was 'disheartening' to see their lovely garden ruined by the pigs who are running amok along the quiet lane with the latest raid on January 26.

Lorraine, 63, said: "Last summer, we saw someone stopping the traffic because there was this massive pig in the road. "

"We didn't think anything much of it at the time."

"But then later Phil called me and said there's four piglets in the road, having a sniff around."

"Since then we've had them in our front garden six times. We've tried DEFRA and the police but nobody wants to know."

Phil, 69, said: "The farmer came down here this morning and was denying everything - he was using some very abusive language."

"He called us 'townies' as if we don't understand we live in the countryside."

"He told me I didn't have any proof it was him - I told him I could see the proof in my garden."

"He is responsible for his animals. Even if someone else has let them out, he is responsible for what they do."

"The famer who keep his pigs under control and pay for the damage."

Phil is currently undergoing investigations for a heart problem and said he cannot carry out any work in the garden.

It leaves the restoration of their garden to Lorraine, kind friends who have offered to help, or a gardener.

Lorraine added: "If we catch them in the day then we can chase them away but if it happens overnight, you wake up to such a shock."

"We've restored and replaced our garden before but if they get out again, all that work would have been for no reason. "

"We've been quoted £1500 for a returf or £400 for it to be pushed back down with topsoil."

"I rang our insurance to see if we'd be covered and they said they weren't even sure. "

"We understand we're semi-rural and there are animals around. But it's not acceptable that he's not accepting responsibility for his own animals."

Gary Laws, 63, is the Williams' next door neighbour and said he had seen as many as five pigs loose in the village.

Mr Laws, a former bus driver and current groundsman, is potentially facing up to £1k of repairs to his front garden - also targeted by the pigs.

He said: "I keep my garden very nice. Lots of my neighbours know that's the kind of person I am."

"A month ago, a bit of damage was caused by the pigs and it was annoying. I had it reseeded and put right."

"But then just over a week ago, they demolished the street. "

"It is horrible to look out your window and see that. "

"We've tried contacting the RSPCA but they don't want to know. I also contacted the police who passed it onto the council."

"I want something done so it stops for good. The farmer needs to be accountable for his livestock."