Burial crypt near Marilyn Monroe and Hugh Hefner sells for more than £150,000

Important items from Marylin Monroe’s life lit up an auction room in Los Angeles, California over the weekend (PA)

A burial crypt close to the resting place of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has been auctioned for 195,000 dollars (£154,443).

The one-space mausoleum crypt at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in Los Angeles was bought by a tech investor from Beverly Hills who said he had “always dreamt of being next to Marilyn Monroe”.