Legally stored files are still locked up.

Kim Dotcom's lawyers have applied to a US court to have charges against Megaupload dismissed.

It is extraordinary that police have again overstepped the mark by illegally seizing evidence from Kim Dotcom's leased Coatesville mansion to bolster US allegations that he has indulged in internet piracy on a massive scale.

The Herald on Sunday was given access to Kim Dotcom's mansion in Coatesville, and shown where police officers went during their suprise raid. View Janna Dixon's world exclusive photos.