RED-FACED roads officials have been forced to apologise after hundreds of motorists diverted for a Hollywood movie picked up £60 penalty notices because someone forgot to turn the cameras off.

Glasgow City Council rakes in more than £1million a year from the notorious bus gate at Nelson Mandela Place in the city centre.

But last month, roads ­officials suspended the restriction on cars and vans passing through to allow other streets to be shut off for filming ‘Hobbs and Shaw’ starring Idris Elba and Jason Statham.

Unfortunately, the camera which normally catches motorists resulting in a £60 fine kept whirring away – and 817 individual demands for cash have started appearing on door mats.

The fine can rise to £90 if it goes unpaid after a month.

One motorist has just had his fine ripped up by the council after he submitted an appeal.

He said: “I just wonder how many people just paid up and didn’t appeal?

“I was puzzled when it came in because I clearly remembered the signage saying the bus lane was suspended.

“This is not the way to run a road system, when you’re firing out fines that weren’t meant to be issued.

“At the end of the day, we pay enough in terms of parking fees in Glasgow without having rogue fines issued just because someone didn’t do their job properly.

“It’s a shambles.”

The council shut off a series of streets around George Square between October 23 and 29 to allow 200 film crew and actors shoot scenes for the movie, due out next year.

The high-octane Universal Pictures film stars Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson and Idris Elba in a spin-off from the ‘Fast and The Furious” franchise.

The council believe the mix-up happened when one of the production crew wrongly changed a street notice, on just one day of filming, diverting motorists into Nelson Mandela Place.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "The traffic order issued by the council was clear that the bus gate at that location was still operational on the day in question. 

"However, the team employed to manage the traffic on behalf of the filming on October 28 put out signs that erroneously indicated that the bus gate had been suspended. 

"In the circumstances, we will refund all those who have paid a fine and cancel all other charges."

The Nelson Mandela bus gate caught out 22,317 drivers in 2017, producing income for the council of £1.3m.