Cracko Jacko, or how years of surgery disintegrated star's nose

MICHAEL JACKSON sparked speculation about the state of his nose yesterday after a rare close-up shot of his face was circulated around the globe.

Pictures of Jackson without his mask during a breach of contract trial in Santa Barbara starkly revealed the result of 20 years of plastic surgery.

The bridge of his nose was covered with a sticking plaster and the tip appeared to be scarred, bruised and flaking.