A WETHERSPOONS pub has accused punters of faking injuries after the ceiling collapsed during the Storm Arwen chaos.
Customers fled the historic building of The North and South Wales Bank boozer in Wrexham, North Wales, when chunks of plaster fell from the ceiling.
The pub chain giant alleged two customers "pretended" to have been injured in the Friday night drama as wild weather ripped through the area.
A spokesperson for JD Wetherspoon said: "At 10.23pm the ceiling inside the N&S Wales Bank to the right of the bar collapsed.
"Staff called the emergency services and evacuated the pub immediately.
"No customers or staff were injured, although two customers pretended they had been hit.
"But when confronted by the police and Wetherspoons staff looking at CCTV, it showed clearly that no customers were struck by any debris."
The pub remained shut over the weekend for safety checks, and will remain closed until further notice while a structural engineer, builder and architect assess the damage.
But despite the extensive damage, everybody in the building at the time walked away unharmed.
One regular said on social media: "There was a big bang and a lot of dust. But I didn't see anyone hit by the plaster."
The Welsh Ambulance Service said they were called to the scene at 10.26pm following reports of two potentially injured customers.
But it said the duo had left by the time paramedics arrived and the team was stood down.
Footage filmed inside the pub shows customers rushing to get out of the way of the falling debris.
The incident took place as Storm Arwen ripped through Britain.
The killer conditions have sent temperatures tumbling, brought widespread snow and seen gusts of almost 100mph.
Arwen has claimed at least three lives, including head teacher and dad-of-four Francis Lagan who was killed when a tree fell on his car in Antrim, Northern Ireland, on Friday.
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