Jeremy Clarkson's controversial Diddly Squat farm appears to have been hit by protesters after a video shows his car being covered in soil while photos reveal his shop was daubed with graffiti.

Onlookers said protestors strung up a banner saying 'Save Our Turf, Save The Earth' outside the Cotswolds' shop, which has enraged locals and attracted customers.

Photos show graffiti scribbled on the side of the building, which appears to be surrounded by tents.

Later, Clarkson and police looked on helplessly as a digger was used to drop three tonnes of mushroom compost on his Range Rover, a video on the Daily Mail website shows.

The 61-year-old TV host opened the shop in Chadlington, Oxon, last year, and has faced opposition to expansion, and faced locals at a meeting to discuss traffic worries.

Last week it was revealed police expressed worries about any further extensions and Clarkson called climate change activists blocking the M25 “beardy people in crocs with smelly armpits.”

The graffiti, tents and banners appeared outside the shop yesterday (28).

The apparent vandalism comes as Clarkson is embroiled in his latest battle with over his plans for the future of the farm.

He opened the farm shop last year to sell merchandise and food produced at his Diddly Squat Farm which he bought back in 2008.

The farm was the setting for Amazon series Clarkson's Farm.

Following grievances from neighbours over the increase in traffic and driving by visitors to the shop, Clarkson revealed he wanted to build a restaurant in an old lambing shed on his land.

His plans angered his already disgruntled neighbours with Clarkson writing about their reaction in his latest Sunday Times column, saying that his suggestion had "gone down like a shower of sick with a few red-trouser people in my local village."

Despite the backlash, Clarkson continued to speak about winning over the council planners next, saying: "It was a (mostly) polite battle between the red-tractor movement and the red trousers and I think I did quite well."

Although the origins of the vandalism are unclear right now, the sight of spray-painting, an angry banner and a dirty car suggest that Clarkson's latest battle is far from over.

Media representatives for Clarkson have been contacted but are yet to respond.

Series two of Clarkson's Farm is set to be released later this year.