Washington, July 25 Michael Jackson reportedly sported a prosthetic nose, which was said to be missing from his face as he lay in a morgue in Los Angeles.

The King of Pop was alleged to have turned to the prosthetic to conceal the effects from years of plastic surgery.

According to Rolling Stone magazine, witnesses, who saw the singer's body on the autopsy table, said a small, dark surrounded by bits of cartilage was allegedly left behind, reports Fox News.

Jackson died, aged 50, on June 25 after suffering a cardiac arrest, believed to have stemmed from a cocktail of prescription drugs.

Officials investigating the death have quizzed his personal doctor Conrad Murray, and a Texas search warrant was purportedly issued.

Cops recently combed the medic's clinic and storage unit as they searched for "items constituting evidence of the offense of manslaughter that tend to show that Dr. Conrad Murray committed said criminal offense." (ANI)