By David Perel - Executive Vice President/Managing Editor Breaking Celebrity News

A trail of emails and receipts will help prove that Storage Wars routinely faked scenes in the wake of Dave Hester’s multi-million lawsuit against the reality show, sources close to the situation charge exclusively to Breaking Celebrity News.

What’s more, producers were so brazen about planting items in lockers during the show’s first season that they often did it in front of cast and crew members in the middle of taping, a source tells Breaking Celebrity News.

Breaking Celebrity News broke the story that Hester sued A&E and the show’s production company. Hester charges in court papers that the show is rigged with producers routinely placing valuable and interesting items in storage lockers to be “discovered” by the bidders for dramatic effect and increased ratings. He claims the show fired him after he loudly complained about the escalating practice.

While the network has previously insisted the show is not faked, Breaking Celebrity News has now learned that a series of emails and receipts can help prove items were planted in lockers, especially during the reality show’s first season.

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“There are invoices, checks and other documentation where the production company actually compensated cast members for supplying items that were planted in the lockers and then ‘discovered’ on camera,” one source with knowledge of the situation