A Dutch family have been discovered by police after being locked away in a remote, boarded-up farmhouse in a secret room for nine years, where they were reportedly “waiting for the end of time.”

The five siblings, ages 18-25, were found with a 58-year-old man who was initially believed by police to be their father, however the man has since been arrested after this was found not to be the case.

The family was discovered after one of the male siblings escaped to a local pub, where the bartender was alarmed over the man’s dishevelled and confused appearance, and alerted the police.