Sean Connery is apparently going to be questioned over a real estate deal.

Spanish news network Cadena Ser and other media outlets say the former Bond star and wife Micheline Roquebrune will be called to a court in coastal Marbella over matters related to the sale of an area estate.

For 20 years Sean has holidayed at his lavish property, Malibu, before selling it in 1998. After the sale, a block of 70 apartments was built on the spot.

Madrid and Marbella lawyers Diaz-Bastien And Truan - who media reports said represented the Hollywood actor - said their offices were raided on Wednesday by Treasury inspectors, but declined to confirm if Sean was a client.

Neither the Marbella court nor the Treasury department would comment.