Sir Ken’s headstone has even had to be removed from his final resting place in order to be further cleaned

Their graves were defaced by vandals who are believed to have scrawled ‘offensive’ graffiti on their headstones on Monday night.

Both Scouse celebrities are buried at Allerton Cemetery, Liverpool where the graves were vandalised overnight by yobs.

Sir Ken’s headstone has even had to be removed from his final resting place in order to be further cleaned, the Liverpool Echo reports.