A painting created by housemates is for sale

The auction was supposed to close on 4 August but it has been extended for a week due to the hoaxes.

Bed clothes

Other items from the sale include winner Brian Dowling's bed, a painting created by the housemates and the contestants application forms.

Bidding for the bedclothes of runner-up Helen Adams has reached �500.

Money from the auction will go to various charities.

It was thought around �63,000 had been raised before the auction had to be restarted.

Last year, the diary room chair was bought by comedian Alan Davies for �35,000, beating a bid from contestant Nasty Nick Bateman.

The house in Bow, east London, is due to be torn down by the end of the September.

The show's production company Endemol have denied press reports that the house will be available for hire for parties.

"There's a couple of internal functions happening in the next few weeks, but no external hiring out," the spokesman told BBC News Online.

"It has to be taken down in the next couple of months because we don't have planning permission beyond then."