Dispute erupts in Serbia over plan to move Nikola Tesla's ashes

A monument of Croatian Serb scientist Nikola Tesla stands in front of his renovated house in Smiljan, central Croatia, July 10, 2006. REUTERS/Matko Biljak/File Photo

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A dispute has broken out in Belgrade over what should be done with the remains of Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American revered as one of the world's greatest inventors.

The ashes of the man who developed, among other things, the alternating current electricity supply system widely in use today, are preserved in a gold-coloured sphere in the Nikola Tesla museum in the Serbian capital.