A man has been evicted from a cave on the Balearic island Formentera (Image: Formentera Council)

       A man has been "evicted" from a cave where he claims to have lived for the past 12 years.

       The makeshift home at the Cap de Barbaria on the Balearic island of Formentera was full of rubbish, according to the local council, which ordered the man out.

       Images show two beds inside as well as a bucket, which reportedly served as a shower, suspended from the roof of the cave.

       Another photo shows plastic bottles strewn across the sandy floor of the cave.

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       Netting covers some of the man's belongings (Image: Formentera Council)

       Local police and an official from the Regional Ministry of Territory went to the cave after finding out a person had been living inside it since last year.

       They found the cave was "fully equipped for living" with furniture, other belongings, and rubbish, according to daily Diario de Ibiza.

       The man told the authorities the cave had been his home for the past 12 years, during which time he had introduced a few creature comforts.

       But the cave man was told he was in breach of an illegal camping rule by the Department of Environmental Management.

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       A view of Cala Saona beach on Formentera (Image: Getty)

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       The island's council did not explain why the man was living in the rocky cavern.

       However, officials did issue a warning that it is forbidden to stay in such places because of the risk to the natural world.

       Formentera itself is the smallest of Spain’s Balearic islands in the Mediterranean Sea, measuring about 32 square miles.

       It can be reached by ferry from its better known neighbour Ibiza and is a popular destination for summer day-trippers.

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