PARIS: A French court has ordered that Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat be evicted from an apartment in a posh part of Paris for failing to keep up with the rent.

In a Dec.14 ruling seen by AFP on Tuesday, the court told Sherawat and her French husband Cyrille Auxenfans to pay 78,787 euros ($94,000) in rent owed and expenses, giving the green light for their furniture to be seized.

The couple began renting the apartment in the pricey 16th district on Jan.1, 2017, for a monthly sum of 6,054 euros.

But according to the owner they never paid the rent, making only a single payment of 2,715 euros.

At a hearing in a Paris court on Nov.14, a lawyer for the couple said they were in financial difficulty.

The lawyer emphasised the “irregular” nature of Sherawat’s work — an argument dismissed by the owners of the apartment who claimed she had earned tens of millions during the rental period.

Neither Sherawat nor Auxenfans replied to AFP’s request for comment.

In mid-December the actor had denied having a Paris apartment.

“It’s absolutely not true, if someone has donated one to me, please send me the address,” she tweeted in response to media reports about the case.

The couple may appeal the eviction order.

They cannot be thrown out until March 31, when a moratorium on wintertime evictions expires.

Separately, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has targeted BJP MP and actor Shatrughan Sinha by razing several alleged illegal constructions inside his eight-storey residential bungalow ‘Ramayan’ in Juhu.

A civic official said the demolition work on Monday was incomplete and the actor had been asked to shift an illegal prayer (pooja) room, failing which it would be razed.

Sinha will now be booked under BMC laws for the unauthorized constructions and the civic body will also recover the demolition costs from him.

The Sinhas have been living since 2012 in this redeveloped residence in the fashionable Juhu area of western suburbs.

The civic officials found in Sinha’s home an illegal toilet on the terrace, two more toilets and a small pantry in the refuge area, an office and a prayer room in the stilt area — which the actor has described as “minor alterations” but did not protest at their removal.