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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alex Croft

Jim Morrison bust found in ‘chance discovery’ after disappearing from Paris cemetery 37 years ago

Jim Morrison’s bust went missing from a Paris cemetery in 1988 - (DJP/PP)

The missing bust of American singer Jim Morrison, which mysteriously disappeared from his Paris grave in May 1988, has been found by French authorities – and it was completely by accident.

It was only by chance that the financial and anti-corruption squad of the Paris police came upon the stone carving of the legendary Doors singer 37 years after its disappearance, while investigators were looking into a fraud.

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