There will be many slighted individuals who've had money withheld by landlords who can sympathize with this tenant. But few would have gone to such extreme lengths as this Frenchman, who took a sledgehammer to the property in protest and filmed it all in a short clip entitled 'vengeance d'un locataire' ('revenge of a tenant').

After his landlord refused to give him back his $2,500 deposit, the man took matters into his own hands: hammering holes in a shower, a toilet and a doorframe, and breaking a mirror (among other things). Unfortunately, with his actions now having been viewed more than half a million times on YouTube, he now faces the prospect of being tracking down and charged with criminal damage.

See the full video of the damage above.