A vandal in Shrewsbury, England might be in for a visit from The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Authorities in the English town are investigating the destruction of a gravestone marking the fictional resting place of Ebenezer Scrooge.

A vandal has destroyed the tombstone that marked Ebenezer Scrooge’s fictional grave in the 1984 film adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The gravestone is located in Shrewsbury, a town in England’s West Midlands.

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,

Shrewsbury is discussing what should be done with the "hugely popular" tourist attraction, town clerk Helen Ball said. "You can't see that it says Ebenezer Scrooge at the moment because it's so damaged.

Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed.

The prop was used in the 1984 adaption of A Christmas Carol, which sees grumpy businessman Ebenezer Scrooge taught the error of his ways, and the true Christmas spirit, by three ghosts. The gravestone was kept in place after filming and became a tourist attraction – until its recent vandalisation.

Vandals smashed the gravestone in the yard of St Chad's Church, Shrewsbury, last week. The name of the fictional skinflint was added to a gravestone there for the filming of the 1984 movie adaption of A Christmas Carol,

Repair works on a gravestone for Ebenezer Scrooge are under way after it was smashed by vandals at the weekend. The inscribed stone, used as a prop in the 1984 movie adaptation of A Christmas Carol, has lain in the graveyard next to St Chad’s Church,