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HOLLYWOOD wildman Charlie Sheen went Nessie-hunting with a leg of lamb, a big hook and a bottle of whisky.

The hotel boss enlisted to organise the expedition has revealed details of how the star planned to capture the Loch Ness monster.

Willie Cameron says he picked up a call on his mobile from an American and was asked if he could assemble “an old-style wooden rowing boat, a traditional Tilley lamp, a boat hook, a thick chain…and a leg of lamb”.

Sheen spoke for the first time about his Nessie hunt to talk show host Jay Leno last week when he told how he spent the night on a boat on the loch with two pals and a bottle.

We can reveal today his plan was inspired by a scene in Jaws when two would-be shark hunters tried to catch the shark with a lump of meat on a hook tied to a jetty.

Speaking for the first time about the Nessie hunt with the Platoon star, Willie, 68, said: “We had the boat hook specially made by a ship’s chandler in Inverness.

“There was a lot of effort to locate a suitable wooden boat and we eventually found one in a yard in Achiltibuie, which is almost 90 miles away.

"However, it was not for rent and we had to buy it for £2500, which was agreed by the Americans.

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“We then had to transport it to Loch Ness in a trailer.

“The Americans told us their mystery client wanted to recreate the scene from Jaws.”

Sheen’s management team in Los Angeles contacted Willie in June last year at his Loch Ness Clansman Hotel.

Willie added: “I did not know it was Sheen until the day before he arrived.

“It was only when we went to insure the rowing boat that we had to ask for the names of the people who would be using it.

“It was then the Americans told us it was Charlie Sheen who was behind the trip.

“I’m more of a Martin Sheen fan so I asked if this Charlie was any relation.

“We were sworn to secrecy by Sheen’s people as this was a private visit. Only a small number of people here knew about it.”

The former Two And A Half Men star arrived on his private jet on Thursday, July 4, with five people, including a minder and two pals.

They checked into the luxurious Aldourie Castle, which overlooks the loch, and Willie joined them for dinner that night.

Willie added: “While they ate, I gave them a history of Loch Ness and the monster. My late father Ian Cameron, who was a detective chief superintendent, had the best authenticated sighting in 1965, which was witnessed by nine other people.

“I was there for about three hours and Charlie took notes and asked a lot of questions.

“After dinner, we took them out on the loch for a few hours in our own boat, The Time Bandit.

“He went out on the rowing boat on Friday afternoon with his friends and again on Friday night until about 3am.

“He and his party wanted to be on the boat on their own, though our crew kept an eye on them

from The Time Bandit.

“We never heard if Charlie managed to see anything or what happened to the leg of lamb.

“But certainly he and his friends seemed to enjoy themselves.

“They had a camera with them and filmed their entire visit.

“I think it was always Charlie’s ambition to go on Loch Ness and hunt for the monster.

“He told us to keep the rowing boat until he came back. Charlie was an absolute gentleman.

“During the trip, I performed a poem which I had written and he wrote some poems of his own

and recited them to me.”

Willie is a director of local family firm Cobbs, who own four hotels, a bakery and coffee shops. In 1994, he provided accommodation for 40 cast members of Ted Danson’s movie Loch Ness.

Willie also provides facilities at Loch Ness for TV companies.

Sheen told Jay Leno last week that his bucket list trip had gone well, adding: “Well, first of all, I was in the right country for starters.”

And, seemingly confusing the loch with the monster, he said: “That’s where Loch Ness lives. In Lake Nessie.”