Gang of fraudsters pulled funny faces for passport photos to create multiple identities Anthony Bridger has been told to pay back £1.28million he conned If he doesn't pay within six months he faces six extra years in jail He was mastermind of a gang that stole around £10million in total Accomplice Jonathan Ainsworth will have to pay back more the £33,000 A conman who fleeced banks out of around £1.5million by pulling bizarre faces in a bid to disguise himself in passport photos has been ordered to repay the money - or face another six years in jail. Anthony Bridger was the mastermind behind a gang of fraudsters who invented bogus identities to open false bank accounts, spend their overdrafts and disappear with up to £10million. He was jailed for four years and eight months in 2011 but has now been told to pay back £1.28million in the next six months or see his prison term more than double. Master of disguise: Fraudster Anthony Bridger pulled a variety of bizarre faces in passport photos in a bid to defraud banks of around £1.5million Payback: Bridger has been ordered to repay £1.28million within six months or face six more years in jail The crook must also pay more than £32,000 in compensation to HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and MBNA. Detectives found more than 200 pictures of Bridger, who owned properties in the Cayman Islands and Monte Carlo, pulling different expressions when they raided his offices. In one he is seen attempting to disguise his appearance by puffing out his cheeks. Judge Anthony Pitts told Bridger: 'I have been asked to give an initial six months to pay and I do so, the period of time is not so much in respect of the bank accounts but to give time for the various sales of properties. A sum of this magnitude - more than £1m - will result in a period of six years in prison if the payment is in default. One of Bridger's accomplices, Jonathan Ainsworth, 46, who was jailed for 37 months for his part in the scam, was ordered to pay back a total of £33,498, including more than £18,000 in compensation to RBS and HSBC. Jailed: David Tunnicliffe was jailed for five years for his part in the scam from which he is thought to have made £2million A confiscation hearing in respect of co-defendant Adrian Dubery, who was also jailed for 37 months, was adjourned and will take place at a later date. David Tunnicliffe, 38, and Richard Andrews, 41, who also pulled different expressions in passport photos to create fake identities had been jailed for five years and four years respectively. David Barclay, 41, was jailed for two and a half years and Megan Smith, 47, for 13 months, while Paul Bridger, 60, received a 10 month prison term suspended for 12 months with 60 hours of unpaid work, after they all admitted taking part in the scam. Different faces: Tunnicliffe styled his hair differently and wore different glasses in a bid to fool the banks The gang, who were based in London, Surrey and Sussex, would initially run the accounts as though they were owned by real people, making transactions and paying in what looked like high salaries in order to build up a good credit rating. They would then apply for an overdraft or loan using the account, with no intention of paying the money back. The group when then move on to a new bank. Prosecutor David Levy described the fraud, which took place between 2003 and 2010, as a 'businesslike venture'. Richard Andrews Andrews was jailed for five years He made £1.2million fraudulently He said: 'This methodology was applied and there was a continuous stream of criminality, it was ongoing.' The fraudsters were caught when banks including Lloyds TSB, Natwest, Barclays and HSBC noticed they were losing huge sums of money and informed the police. A 14 month investigation led police to Bridger and Tunnicliffe who they identified as the leaders of the gang. At Bridger's office, police found a number of mobile phones all adorned with post it notes giving the bogus names that the number belonged to. He also kept one cheque from each bank account so he had a template of the bogus signature he had used. Tunnicliffe, owned a property portfolio including a villa in Spain, but had not paid any tax for six years. Luxury: Anthony Bridger boasted an impressive portfolio of property including a villa in the Cayman Islands (file picture) High life: Bridger, who was found to be one of the masterminds of the group, also owned an apartment in Monte Carlo (file picture) When his home in Fulham, West London, was searched police officers found documents relating to at least 32 bogus identities. At a small office, which he operated as front for the fraud, four bogus passports and 26 driving licences all bearing his photograph as well as 26 birth certificates. Mr Levy said numerous 'deed poll documents' were also recovered. After discovering the documents, police watched Tunnicliffe withdraw hundreds of pounds at a time over a two day period and arrested him. He is thought to have made more than £2million from the scam. Andrews, who was a lieutenant in the con, stuffed folders in the oven so officers would not discover the bogus identity documents in his possession. He earned at least £1.2million from the fraud. Conned: Members of the gang have been ordered to pay compensation to banks including the Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, and MBNA