London, Nov 29 (ANI): The surgical face mask Michael Jackson wore the night before he died is being sold by one of the singer’s most trusted minders.

Eric Muhammad has been caught cashing in on his boss’ death by secretly demanding 150,000 dollars for the piece of memorabilia.

However, Muhammad’s betrayal has been exposed after he tried to clinch a deal with undercover News of the World reporter.

The bodyguard took the silky black mask from the Thriller star’s limo after he drove children Prince, Blanket and Paris to the Los Angeles hospital where doctors frantically tried to save their dying father.

In a meeting with the undercover News of the World reporter, posing as a rich businessman, the guard pulled the mask from a plastic zip lock bag and said: “This is the only way I could, you know, preserve it. This was his and you are more than welcome to DNA it.

“It still has his make-up on it. It still smells like him.”

“It’s very sentimental to me and it’s personal. The number that I had initially in my mind was to offer it up for 200 grand,” he added. (ANI)