Parisian judicial police, while investigating a fraud case, stumbled upon a remarkable discovery: The white marble statue of Jim Morrison, leader of The Doors, which had been stolen from Père Lachaise Cemetery in 1988. The statue a work by Croatian artist Mladen Mikulin, disappeared shortly after Morrison’s death and had been prominently displayed at the cemetery for a decade following his passing.

The unexpected find resulted from an investigation conducted by the financial crimes and anti-corruption units of the Paris police judicial department. Sources cited by AFP detail the discovery’s origins within this ongoing probe.

Jim Morrison, the iconic American singer and frontman of The Doors, remains a cultural figure whose legacy continues to captivate audiences worldwide.