Apparently generations of fans kissing his grave and drawing on it with lipstick have caused enough damage for the monument to need intensive cleaning. If you look carefully you'll also see the beautiful green algal colonisation towards the upper edge of the gravestone...but the Observer story doesn't seem to make any mention of that!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/nov/27/oscar-wilde-grave-paris-cemetery
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