People who paid money to appear as extras in a zombie film to be shot in Dover look as if they have lost their money.

Hundreds of pounds worth of registration fees seem to have gone missing.

Dover photographer and businessman Peter Nix has since gone to the police Action Fraud service over worries that people, who paid £10 to be a part of an amateur zombie movie, have lost their money.

The police told the Mercury they were aware of the complaint.

The organiser, said to go under the name of Lizzie Diamond, from Surrey, appealed to local people to be a part of the shoot for the film Zombie Nightmares.

She advertised the need for local businesses to be involved in the production on July 1 through social media. The advertisement said: “Extras needed for a zombie movie being filmed in Kent in July.

“We need more than 2,000 zombies and runners aged between 16-80 (under 18s must have an adult with them) in all different locations through Folkestone, Dover and other areas of Kent.”

Filming was set to take place in the Charlton Centre and some 40 people had paid to be a part of the production, but nothing materialised.

Mark Hourahane, who contacted the Mercury on behalf of those affected, said: “Apparently, anyone who contacted Lizzie was told that there was a £10 registration fee to cover paperwork, insurance and make-up.

“It is most unusual for extras to have to pay to register – they will usually get paid for their time in a professional shoot.

“It would be acceptable for an amateur shoot to ask them to do it for free, but not to charge them.”

“It is most unusual for extras to have to pay to register – they will usually get paid for their time in a professional shoot." - Mark Hourahane

“It would be acceptable for an amateur shoot to ask them to do it for free, but not to charge them.”

Since then, Lizzie Diamond has apparently closed her Facebook group and Mr Nix said her phone line is unavailable.

It is believed that no one involved in this production met Lizzie Diamond face-to-face and that all communications took place over the internet.

Mr Nix offered to take pictures for publicity purposes and allowed producers to use the Charlton Centre on the high street for the shooting of the movie.

Mr Nix feels that people may now associate him with the problem and that his good reputation in Dover has been tainted.

He said: “It has affected me a lot, emotionally and mentally.

“It is the reputation that I have taken so long to build that’s affected the most.”

There was also supposed to be a shoot in Folkestone, but by this point, some of the locals were unsure of how legitimate the production was.