A burial crypt close to the resting place of Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has been auctioned for $195,000, reported PA Media.

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.”

Hefner, who died in 2017 aged 91, had bought the crypt next to the 1950s movie star in 1992.

Anthony Jabin, who bought the crypt located in the Corridor of Memories wall B, space C-3, said: “I’ve always dreamt of being next to Marilyn Monroe for the rest of my life and I bought Hugh Hefner’s round bed and Marilyn Monroe’s bathing suit at Julien’s (Auctions) this weekend.”