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Managing director Peter Southcott added: "We will not hesitate to take whatever action may be necessary."

Two centuries ago, a 64-year-old woman called Joanna Southcott announced she was pregnant with the Messiah.

She would soon learn of the life of Southcott, who had predicted a messiah would spark "the millennium" or the Second Coming in England.

Southcott's various prophesies were kept in a sealed box, which she instructed must only be opened by a gathering of 24 Church of England bishops.

Southcott's box was kept in The Bishops' House, on Newnham Road, which is now the home to the Panacea Museum.