The body in the grave of Bernard Elksteine is not that of the former Rebound Table Tennis supremo.
The exhumation and autopsy were undertaken under court order following a submission by the Australasian Rebound Table Tennis Super League (ARTTSL) to the Coroner. ARTTSL reportedly presented "overwhelming evidence" that Elksteine faked his death five years ago, as long speculated by many.
The precise evidence presented by ARTTSL has not been disclosed, but it is believed to relate to an "exponentially increasing" number of claimed sightings of Elksteine in Morocco.
ARTTSL are believed to have enlisted private investigators, who tracked the subject to a chicken farm outside Rabat.
Autopsy Specialist Dr Matthew Lookoverglasses (pictured) confirmed his findings in a brief interview outside Maroochydore hospital. "That body is no more Bernard Elksteine than it is Elvis Presley. Bernard, was never in the building".
Tensions between ARTTSL management and its owners - Elksteine widow Patricia, along with her flamboyant partner, Angus Featherlite-Blowingpam - have reached boiling point. ARTTSL Director Wilkington Tuffy is reportedly strategising to annul Patricia's inheritance, then convince Bernard to return to Australia and return Rebound Table Tennis to its former glory.
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has denied he has also been approached by Tuffy as an alternative supremo should Elksteine prove to be dead or unwilling.
More to come.