Stolen Jim Morrison Graveside Bust Found by Chance After 37 Years

A memorial bust of American singer Jim Morrison that was stolen from his grave 37 years ago has been found by chance, according to French police.

The tomb of Jim Morrison in 1985, before the theft of the bust designed by Mladen Mikulin.

The statue of The Doors frontman was recovered in Paris during an investigation conducted by its financial and anti-corruption arm that was unrelated to the original theft.

Morrison's grave has long been a site for fans of the rock band to pay their respects in an unusual way - graffiti sprawls across neighboring gravestones in the poet's corner of the famous Père-Lachaise cemetery, which also houses the tombs of Edith Piaf and Oscar Wilde.

Little information has been released about the investigation and no suspects have been named in the theft of the statue of the singer, who died in 1971.