The Doors’ Jim Morrison bust found in France, 37 years after theft from Paris graveyard

French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery.

The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by the Paris public prosecutor’s office, a source close to the investigation said.

Nostalgic rock fans still flock to Morrison’s grave at Paris’s Pere Lachaise cemetery, where he was buried after his death in the French capital in 1971 at the age of 27.

The sculpture, by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin, had been placed at the grave to mark the 10th anniversary of Morrison’s death.

It was found by the financial and anti-corruption brigade of the judicial police department of the police.

The exact circumstances of the singer’s death are still shrouded in mystery, with most early accounts saying he died of cardiac arrest in his bathtub.