United Kingdom, Sept. 5 -- Sir Paul McCartney is to feature in a new documentary which unravels the mystery of his missing guitar.

The Beatles legend was left devastated after the 1961 Hofner 500/1 bass guitar - used in the creation of many of the bands' hits - was stolen from the back of a van in London in October 1972 and in 2018, a major international search was launched for the missing instrument called The Lost Bass Project.

McCartney was reunited with the instrument in 2024 and he's now involved in making a film about the drama called The Beatle and the Bass. He said in a statement: "I think anything that's nicked, you want back, especially if it has sentimental value.

"It just went off into the universe and it left us thinking, ...