Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in the 1984 adaption of “A Christmas Carol” was kept in place and became a tourist attraction.

Once the gravestone has been repaired it will be embedded into the ground so it can be preserved. The British Broadcasting Corporation Fairy tale ending for Scrooge's grave Listen

The gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge used in the 1984 film adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol was smashed in a graveyard in Shrewsbury, England. The vandalism has promoted an investigation from authorities,

If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed.

Police are appealing for more information after vandals in Shrewsbury broke a gravestone that had belonged to the fictional character Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1984 film adaption