When a replacement lock can be found then the lock can be drilled open.
How to drill a door lock open.
How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.
Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point.
This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder allowing you to force the lock open.
Most locks have about five tumbler pins to drill through although some have six or more.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.