Jim Morrison: the bust stolen from the tomb is found after 37 years

After 37 years he was found, by chance, the commemorative bust who had been stolen by Tomb of Jim Morrisonwhose remains rest at Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.

The small statue of the late Doors frontman, who until the late eighties played a symbolic role for fans above the place where the artist who passed away on 3 July 1971 was buried recovered in Paris during an investigation conducted by the Financial Police Financial and Anti -Corruption Sectionnot connected to the original theft. The operation was communicated in an Instagram post published by the same strength of the order. Little information was released on the survey e they have not been appointed suspects for the theft of the statue of the singer.

At the moment, it is not clear if the bust will be relocated to the tomb. As taken from the “BBC News”, the curator of the cemetery told the French newspaper “Le Figaro”: “The police have not contacted us, so I don’t know if the torso will be returned to us“.

The white marble statue had been Sculpted by the Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the singer’s death, but seven years later it was stolen in 1988.

A photo released by the French police shows that The statue is still missing the mouth and nosejust as before it was stolen. A spokesman for Morrison’s inheritance told the US edition of “Rolling Stone” that he was “happy to have received the news” of the discovery of this “piece of history”, adding that the family of the late artist wanted it to be on the tomb, “So” It is rewarding to know that it has been recovered“.