Bust from Jim Morrison’s tomb found 37 years after being stolen

Close to four decades, after it was lifted from the burial site of the door’s late frontman Jim Morrison, a bust of his equality has been regained by the French police.

The sculpture, created by the Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin, was placed on Morrison’s grave in Paris’ Père Lachaise Cemetery to mark the ten -year anniversary of his walk, on July 3, 1981.

However, the bust was stolen seven years later, in May 1988, with Vanity Fair It was reported that two people were reported to have taken the statue after being locked in the cemetery overnight.

After many years of rumor and Innuendo around its fate, the Parisian police have now announced that the bust has been recovered, with its rediscovery that occurs during a search related to a fraud case. No additional details have been announced regarding its residence in the last 37 years, nor have words been shared as to whether it will return to its original location on top of Morrison’s grave.

Morrison rose to fame through the 60s as frontman for Los Angeles-based Rock Outfit The Doors, where the group released six critically acclaimed albums in just over four years.

Their self-tapped debut from 1967 topped on the top of Billboard 200 and fertilized the hot 100-topping single “Light My Fire”, with each of their albums released in Morrison’s lifetime, reached the top ten. 1968s Waiting for the sun Became their only record to top the Billboard 200, with its accompanying single, “Hi, I love you” that will be their other to reach the top of the top of the hot 100.

Morrison would go away in Paris on July 3, 1971 under grim circumstances at the age of 27.

In February, it was announced that the Paris Council had decided to name a walkway overlooking Basin de l’Arsenal in the honor of Morrison. Just weeks earlier, it was reported that the former Morrison Hotel, famous by The Doors and their 1970 albums of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that broke out in the center of Los Angele.