The star has reportedly put in an offer for a luxury five bedroom property which boasts a secluded west facing garden, three bathrooms and two reception rooms.

And she has apparently decided that enough time has passed for the Big Brother racism storm to have blown over enough for her to get back to work.

A source told the paper: "Big Brother was always meant to get her the publicity so she could launch a TV career here. The press she got was more than she could ever dream of, but it was just the wrong type.

"Shilpa now believes enough time has passed for all that to have died down, but does not want to leave it so long the British public forget about her."

Shilpa had nose job - Mar 21 2007
Shilpa Shetty had a nose job before she made her name as a Bollywood beauty.

Sky One documentary The Real Shilpa Shetty told how the actress was an ugly duckling before she turned herself into one of India’s best-looking female stars.

A spokesperson for the star confirmed she went under the knife, saying: "She has always been open and honest about the fact that she has had a nose job. It’s quite a normal thing for Bollywood actresses to have done. She had it done at the start of her career."

Asjad Nazir, Showbiz Editor of Eastern Eye Magazine, said in the documentary that the Celebrity Big Brother winner changed her look after appearing in Baazigar in 1993.

He said Shilpa "realised she had to go away and work on her look because she didn’t look great in the film".

"So the first thing she did was she had a nose job and then after the nose job she started getting a lot of grooming, right from her dodgy haircut to her clothes to getting physically into shape," he added.

He continued: "The Shilpa Shetty that you see today isn’t the Shilpa Shetty that you would have seen at school.

"At school she was lost in the crowd, she was an ugly duckling and sort of this tall skinny person who didn’t fit in with the kind of babes in the school."

The Real Shilpa Shetty will be repeated on March 24 at 8pm.

Shilpa to meet the Queen - Mar 12 2007
Shilpa Shetty is to meet the Queen and talk about her experiences of respect and understanding at a service marking Commonwealth Day today.

The Bollywood star, who was at the centre of a global race row during her time on Celebrity Big Brother, is to speak at the Westminster Abbey service.

She is one of five representatives chosen to share their own experiences of respect and understanding, the theme for this year’s celebrations, and will also be presented to the Queen.

Shilpa won the reality television show earlier this year amid a storm of protest at the way she was treated by fellow celebrities Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O’Meara.

Their remarks led to an unprecedented 45,000 complaints to media watchdog Ofcom but police have now said no further action will be taken.

Jade, who dubbed the actress "Shilpa Poppadom", has been vilified since she left the house, whereas the Indian actress was given a hero’s welcome in Leicester, has met Tony Blair and last week attended Liz Hurley’s wedding celebrations.

The ceremony is an annual event to mark Commonwealth Day, which is always celebrated on the second Monday in March.

Jade and Shilpa in new war of words? - Mar 2 007
Are Jade and Shilpa rowing again? The duo have apparently had another disagreement after Jade said she’d turned down an invitation to the Bollywood star’s home and Shilpa denied she’d asked her.