United Kingdom, July 21 -- Sylvanian Families are at the centre of a legal battle with a TikTok creator.

The beloved toys feature in videos from the Sylvanian Drama TikTok account, in which they are featured acting out adult sketches involving alcohol, drugs, cheating violence and murder but the Japanese manufacturer has taken exception to the social media content.

Epoch Company Ltd have filed a copyright infringement case in the United States claiming that the videos are causing "irreparable injury" to the company's reputation.

Thea Von Engelbrechten - the owner of the TikTok account that has amassed 2.5 million followers - has filed a counternotice claiming that her works are "parody".

Sylvanian Families are sold as "an adorable ran...