Warren was only paid £23,000 for winning the BDO World Championship instead of the usual £100,000; he said recently that current chairman Des Jacklin should be taken to court after previously calling his win 'a nightmare not a dream'.

In a debate about what happens to the trophies now; Warren has no intention of giving his back: "Until I get what's owed to me. That trophy won't be going nowhere I can assure you of that," he wrote on Facebook.

The Welshman received support from among others, the wife of John O'Shea; who won the World Masters last year: "John will be keeping the World Masters Trophy along with you," she replied.