Pictures of Marilyn Monroe's naked corpse were taken just hours following her death after American photographer Leigh Wiener gained unofficial access to the Los Angeles morgue by allegedly bribing guards with alcohol.

Axar.az reports citing Sputnik.

According to the media report, Wiener shot at least five rolls of film inside the morgue that housed the actress's body following her death on 4 August 1962. The photographer reportedly sent three rolls of film to LIFE magazine - where he worked as a freelance photographer - but held on to two other rolls that featured images of Monroe's naked corpse.

Wiener allegedly kept these pictures in a safe deposit box and never revealed their location prior to his death in 1993, the Daily Mail said. The existence of the film was revealed by Wiener's son, Devik, in a new documentary series called "Scandalous: The Death of Marilyn Monroe" which premieres Sunday on the Fox News Channel.

According to the Daily Mail, photographs of the Hollywood icon's corpse lying on a gurney inside a Los Angeles morgue remained hidden for nearly six decades.