James Bond SHOCK: ‘Sean Connery paid his accountant with 007 film costumes’

The Scottish star is best known for having played James Bond 007 and sported some dashing suits from Dr No to Diamonds Are Forever over his six official films.

But now it’s been revealed that Sir Sean appears to have paid his accountant with his Bond costumes.

Meg Simmonds has been the director of the official Bond film archive since 1995 and explained how barely any of the costumes from Connery’s period remain with EON productions.

It turns out Bond producer Cubby Broccoli allowed the star to keep as many as he liked.

Speaking at the opening of 007 ELEMENTS, a new Bond Cinematic Installation in Austria, Meg said: “We have virtually no costumes from the sixties.

“But you’ll find in the production files letters from Cubby Broccoli saying, ‘Please let Sean Connery have all the costumes he’s requested and the golf clubs we bought him.’

Due to the actor’s requests the archive have had to purchase back original Bond costumes over years.

She continued: “We’ve had to buy back the Anthony Sinclair coat he wears in Dr No at auction.”

But it was when she found out who the owner of the suit was that she put two and two together.

Meg said: “I was asking the auctioneers, ‘So who’s the vendor?’

“And they said, ‘We’re not supposed to disclose that, but it might be Connery’s accountant.’

“So I thought, ‘So he paid his accountant with costumes.’

The Bond archivist helped creators of 007 ELEMENTS in selecting props from the films for one of the galleries called the Tech Lab.

Bond fans can see a number of OMEGA watches from the Bond films, one of the golden guns and even the exploding pen from Goldeneye.

Another section of the attraction features the Bond family coat of arms, as seen in Skyfall, which the archivist provided reference and history for from her facility to make it as accurate as possible.

The Bond family motto “non sufficit orbis” on the crest translates The World Is Not Enough, which is also the title of Pierce Brosnan’s 1999 film.

007 ELEMENTS is now open to public and tickets can be purchase here.