Jim Morrison died at 27 in 1971 in his Paris apartment; French police have broken through to the other side of a cold case. Authorities uncovered a statue of Jim Morrison on Monday, May 19.

Police discovered a long-lost statue of The Doors' frontman Jim Morrison during an unrelated search nearly four decades after it was stolen from his grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

A bust depicting Jim Morrison, made by artist Mladen Mikulin, was stolen in 1981. Paris police revealed they found the bust 37 years after it was taken from the singer's grave.

The Jim Morrison bust, stolen from the grave site in 1988, was recently recovered by Paris police. (Joe Marquette / Associated Press) A memorial bust of the late Jim Morrison that disappeared from ...

French police have broken through to the other side of a cold case. Authorities uncovered a statue of Jim Morrison, the late frontman of the Doors, on Monday, May 19. The artifact had been missing ...