This is the moment a glass cabinet door opens by itself in an empty room - before shattering into pieces.

Staff at the Barnsley Auction Centre in South Yorkshire, thought intruders had smashed the cabinet after they found shards of glass all over the floor.

But they were left terrified after they examined CCTV of the auction room, which shows nobody was anywhere near the object when it suddenly shattered.

Spooky footage shows a cabinet in Barnsley Auction Centre suddenly shattering in an empty room

The footage shows furniture awaiting sale stood around the room, with nobody in view. Then all of a sudden, the cabinet's door opens wide before smashing onto the floor.

An electrician found the remnants of the door when he returned from going out and told business owner Danny Parker, 42, what had happened.

Mr Parker said: 'It's all a bit spooky really. The electrician had gone out for 10 minutes and locked the building because nobody was in there.

'When he got back he stepped on the shards of glass and had no idea what had happened.'

Staff believed someone had come into the auction house and smashed the antique while they were away

CCTV footage shows the cabinet starting to open by itself shortly after an electrician left the room

With nobody visible anywhere near the cabinet, the door then suddenly shatters onto the floor

Mr Parker added: 'He went all round the building trying to find someone but couldn't find anyone. After looking at the CCTV frame by frame I saw the glass shatter. It was really creepy.'

In an attempt to get to the bottom of what has happened, Mr Parker searched through all of the buildings 16 CCTV camera, but turned up few clues.

The antiques expert said: 'I've told some of the shop owners next door and they said the building has always been haunted – even before we got there.