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Jim Morrison’s grave at the famous Perle Cheese Cemetery in Paris has long been attracting fans of rock bands.
According to French police, a memorable bust of American singer Jim Morrison, stolen from his grave 37 years ago, was discovered by chance.
The statue of the door frontman was recovered in Paris during an investigation conducted by financial and anti-corruption groups that are unrelated to the original theft, the Instagram post said.
Morrison’s grave has long been a site for rock band fans to pay homage in a rare way – Graffiti spreads across a nearby tombstone at the corner of the poet at the famous Pale Lacheese Cemetery, which houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde.
There has been little information about the investigation, and no suspects have been named in the theft of the statue of the singer, who died in 1971.
Police discovered it while investigating cases of fraud.
It is not clear whether the cemetery curator will tell Le Figaro and return to the grave in the cemetery.
Croatian artist Muraden Miklin carved a statue out of white marble to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the singer’s death. However, it disappeared in 1988, seven years after the bust was placed on site.
Photos released by French police show the statue’s mouth and nose are missing before it was stolen.
Bust disappeared from the grave in 1988, seven years after it was placed to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, the representative of Morrison Estate, he said he was “happy to hear the news” that “part of history” had been discovered, adding that Morrison’s family “wanted it in the grave,” so it’s nice to see it recovered.”
This is not the first time that a singer’s grave is the source of controversy. On the 20th anniversary of his death, fans had to riot at his grave and be scattered by the police.
Morrison lived in Paris’s Murray area when he suddenly died at the age of 27.
He was found dead in the bath by his girlfriend Pamela Courson. The doctor’s report said the cause of death was heart failure, which was exacerbated by heavy drinking.
Morrison, the son of a US Navy Admiral, was born in Florida in 1943.
He formed the door in Los Angeles in 1965 with keyboardist Ray Manzarek.
The band name was inspired by Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Cencetion about the author’s drug use.
