If the property attached has been replevied by the defendant, the court, upon recovery by the plaintiff, is authorized to render judgment against the defendant and the defendant’s sureties in the replevy bond, for the penalty of such bond, but to be satisfied by the payment of the value of the property, with interest from the date of the bond, or by the payment of the plaintiff’s demand as ascertained, with interest and costs, or by the forthcoming of the property, as the case may be.