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. Town officials say it was likely smashed on the evening of November 23, according to Nick Humphreys of the Shropshire Star.

“If the ghosts of past, present and future would like to visit [the vandals] in the middle of the night and drop them and break them in pieces, I think that would be a perfect punishment,” Helen Ball, the town council clerk, tells the Associated Press’ Brian Melley.

The town council is currently looking into whether the stone can be repaired. Meanwhile, local police are still investigating the incident.