Police are investigating the apparent appearance of the missing head from a statue of King George V at a concert by Northern Irish rappers Kneecap in Melbourne.

Detectives in Melbourne are investigating whether a statue of a head which appeared on stage during a Kneecap gig last week is the same one which is at the centre of an ongoing inquiry.

Nine months after it was hacked off, the severed head of a King George V statue has reappeared at a Melbourne gig for Irish rappers Kneecap.

The severed bronze head of King George V, which was removed from its statue in Melbourne last year, has turned up at a ...