Gold bars, luxury watches and rare coins will be auctioned off to recover public money stolen in a VAT fraud.

Anthony Bond, 66, from Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, was jailed for seven and a half years in April 2019 for a ‘missing trader’ VAT fraud.

He lived a luxury lifestyle after stealing millions of pounds and some of his assets will now be sold to recover money for the public purse.

The auction follows a court order that requires Mr Bond...