Revellers caused £20,000 of damage to the £230,000 property after the invitation for the Easter Monday celebration was posted on the popular site as a "Skins Unofficial Party" - a reference to the controversial Channel 4 series which featured scenes where a teenage get-together got out of hand.

Partygoers allegedly urinated on the mother's wedding dress and children's clothes; stole cash and jewellery; ripped light fittings from the ceiling by swinging on them; stubbed out cigarettes on the carpet; vomited throughout the house and barricaded the back door to prevent neighbours from intervening.

Worried neighbours in the quiet cul-de-sac in Woodstone, near Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, repeatedly called police as hordes of drunken youths caused chaos from 10.30pm on the Bank Holiday to 3am on Tuesday.

The sixth former's parents returned that day to find a trail of devastation. They have been forced to move out of their home while it is professionally cleaned.

"The girl's parents were away, she invited people around and it spiralled out of her control," a Durham police spokesman said. "It was a private house party and we've been told it was advertised on MySpace.

"We had a large number of complaints from neighbours and at various points we had to intervene."

Officers left the house when the partygoers turned the music down, only to be called back later when the party resumed to full effect. On another occasion they found scores of youngsters roaming the modern estate.

The police spokesman said many of the people at the party were not local - with two reportedly travelling from London for the bash - and had no way to get home.

He said the force made no arrests on the night but will attempt to trace all the partygoers while investigating the allegations of criminal damage.