MUMBAI: A wig worn by John Wayne in the 1967 film El Dorado will soon be auctioned in the United States. Auction house Bonhams has announced that the wig that is brown with a hint of grey is expected to sell for up to 1,000 pounds.

"The hairline is quite distinctive and fans would be able to recognise it at once," said Margaret Barrett from Bonhams and Butterfields."In the US John Wayne is huge even though he has been dead for 30 years or more," she added.

Wayne wore wigs in all his films from the 1948 film Wake of the Red Witch.