A video, posted on Internet site YouTube, pointed out the cameras, exposing to the world how the British security services are keeping a close track on Assange and his supporters' movements.
Assange's supporters and also media questioned whether it was 'really necessary to spy on him every minute of the day?'
The Norfolk County Council's highways department, which installed the so-called cameras, however denied the allegations saying that they were in fact installed much earlier.
'Two speed-reactive signs were installed on Yarmouth Road in Ellingham in June 2002, of which one appears to be the sign that is featured in the film. Four other speed-reactive signs were installed elsewhere in the village in 2003,' the Daily Mail quoted the Norfolk County Council, as saying.
Vaughan Smith, owner of Ellingham Hall where Assange is kept under house arrest, near Bungay, has admitted he was 'embarrassed' and he now accepted the cameras were actually speed signs.
'I have heard that the council claims that these are not, in fact, cameras at all. I think it is important to correct that information,' he said.
'I feel slightly embarrassed about this, if I'm honest, because I was asked to respond to some information. I was told it was a camera and what did I think of it but, nevertheless, it's important to get it right.' The former Army officer added, however: 'There's certainly evidence our phones are being listened to,' Smith added.
Assange's appeal against extradition to Sweden over alleged sexual assault cases is due to be heard at the London High Court on July 12.
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