A WEST End pub is crying into its beer - after being snubbed by Stone of Destiny film-makers.

A WEST End pub is crying into its beer - after being snubbed by Stone of Destiny film-makers.

Managers and regulars at The Arlington Bar in Woodlands say its part in the stone's colourful history has been omitted from the Charles Martin Smith film starring Robert Carlyle, Kate Mara and Billy Boyd.

Bar bosses have always claimed the grey lump of sandstone which sits in a hole in the pub's wall is the real Stone of Destiny.

After pinching it from Westminster Abbey, legend has it four Glasgow University students drove 500 miles in a Ford Anglia, hoisted the stone on to the pub's bar and celebrated their acquisition with a pint.

Regulars say the stone that was returned to Edinburgh Castle in 1996 is a fake and the pub's is real.

Bar manager Patrick Leddy, said: "We find it staggering they would release the film without properly researching it. They ignored the real home of the stone and did not contact us once.

"There's a few regulars who have been drinking here for years and believe our stone is genuine. They will have their noses put of joint at the pub not being in the film."

The Arlington's treasure, which was discovered beneath a boxed bar seat, has become part of the pub's history.

Historically, it was found beneath the coronation throne in Scone Palace, where Scottish kings were crowned.

It was then taken to Westminster in 1296 where it stayed for seven centuries before it was stolen by Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Alan Stuart and Kay Matheson on Christmas Day 1950.

One account suggests they switched it for a replica made by a Glasgow stonemason after it split in two during the theft.

Another says they realised the error of their ways and left it at Arbroath Abbey where it was found by police in April 1951 .

First Minister Alex Salmond said in June that he thought the Edinburgh stone was a medieval fake.

No-one from film-makers Infinity Features Entertainment was available for comment.