Benedict Cumberbatch returns to Sherlock set to film scenes with Lars Mikkelsen's new villain

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By HANNA FLINT

PUBLISHED: 06:34 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:41 EST, 1 August 2013

He's been enjoying the bachelor life of late, but Benedict Cumberbatch was back filming scenes for Sherlock on Wednesday, where he faced off against a new foe.

Lars Mikkelsen - star of Danish crime drama The Killing - is the latest villain to be pit against the genius detective, as Charles Augustus Magnussen.

Known in the literary tale as the 'King of Blackmailers', Lars, 49 - brother of Danish film and TV star Mads Mikkelsen - brought him to life as the two actors came face-to-face in an Italian restaurant in Cardiff.

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