Katie Price's 'mucky mansion' has been targeted by vandals who smeared expletive-ridden graffiti over the fences that lead to the model's £3million Sussex property.

The former Loose Women panellist, 44, woke up on Monday morning to the shocking discovery while at home with eldest son Harvey, 20, her two youngest Jett, nine, and Bunny, eight, and on-off fiancé Carl Woods.

Fencing leading up to Katie's newly refurbished home, which has recently been transformed on Channel 4 series Mucky Mansion, has been graffitied with foul words targeted towards the reality star.

Katie called the police to report the vandalism and is now assisting their bid to find the culprit. 

A source told MailOnline: 'Katie has no idea who would go out of their way to do this, especially while she's at home with her children.

'It's terrifying because as they were sleeping, someone was outside the property, and smearing the fencing with unkind and intimidating words.

'Katie will find it difficult to rest now until the person responsible is found. She has done everything possible to turn the Mucky Mansion into a place that she and the children can feel is home and this is the last thing she wanted to happen.'

Katie's mansion has been the subject of two series on Channel 4, the most recent of which aired in February.

The makeover show saw her attempt to transform the 19-room property, which also includes a stable, tennis court and outdoor swimming pool, after it fell into a state of disrepair.

In 2020, inducers ransacked the family home, leaving taps running causing watch damage throughout.

Her on-off fiancé Carl helped with the overhaul, alongside a team of builders and carpenters, while Katie and her children assisted with interiors.

The last series saw Katie decorate her children's bedrooms and breathe new life into a cinema room, up cycling materials left in storage to make new features which adorn various walls.

Her stepfather Paul and brother Daniel were also seen erecting fences around the property after Katie expressed safety concerns, which appear to have been targeted in the latest attack by vandals.

MailOnline has contacted Katie's representative for comment. 

She said: 'I've been having threats again. As you can see it's very open and I feel very vulnerable here.

'I've had three kidnap threats... I've just had another threat that masked men are going to come here and rob me.

'I've got my dad and my brother [to help]. They know this is a necessity I need.'

Speaking about her ordeal and deploying guard dogs on the series, Katie said: 'I've had three kidnap threats and threats against the house.

'Dogs, they are weapons. I live in the middle of nowhere. I have an alarm and a panic button, but think about the logic: if someone is breaking into my house, I push the panic button which goes to the police but by the time all that's done, it's finished.

'Someone said I have millions under the floorboards, and I've had threats, so I have to take it seriously. If you have a dog, they have to get past it.'

Katie has recently reconciled with on-off partner Carl, who she woke up with on Monday before realising her fences had been marked in foul language.  

The former singer, who this year has undergone her biggest breast augmentation to date, spent a number of weeks in Thailand with Carl, Jett, and Bunny, flaunting the results of her surgery and new tattoos.  

Mum-of-five Katie, who also shares Junior, 17, and Princess, 15, with ex-husband Peter Andre, told OK! magazine last month that she 'doesn't give a s*** what anyone says' about her cosmetic work after undergoing her 16th boob. 

While Katie is no stranger to surgery, her daughter Princess, who MailOnline revealed has signed her first modelling job with PrettyLittleThing, isn't as keen to go under the knife.

In scenes filmed for Katie Price: Mucky Mansion Princess said she believes her mum was 'naturally pretty' before overhauling her look and admitted she wouldn't be keen to follow the same path.