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.

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.

The gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge, a beloved film prop from the 1984 "A Christmas Carol" film, was destroyed by vandals.

The 1984 film, one of dozens of adaptations of the Charles Dickens ' classic, starred George C. Scott as the cold-hearted curmudgeon. After going to sleep on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of past, present and future and shown the error of his ways to become a kinder, more generous person.