David Bowie 'wanted ashes scattered in Bali'

David Bowie's will stated that his ashes should be scattered in a Buddhist ritual in Bali, it has been reported.

The British pop icon's death certificate stated that he was cremated on 12 January, two days after his death from cancer aged 69.

According to the New York Daily News, documents filed in a New York court on Friday dictated that half of his estimated $100 million (£70 million) estate would go to his supermodel wife Iman.

Bowie's son Duncan Jones is a renowned director and screenplay author. Credit: A3795 Felix Hoerhager / DPA/Press Association Images

The singer - whose legal name is David Robert Jones - is also said to have left around a quarter to Duncan, son with first wife Angie, and daughter Alexandria Zahra Jones, whom he had with Iman.

Two million dollars (£1.4 million) was left to personal assistant Corinne "Coco" Schwab, while his son's former nanny Marion Skene is thought to hav received $1 million (£700,000).

The will, written in 2004, is thought to have stated that a wish for his ashes to be scattered "in accordance with the Buddhist rituals of Bali", adding if he could not be cremated on the Indonesian island, he would want them scattered there anyway.

It is unclear whether the scattering of the ashes has already taken place.

Bowie's death prompted a global outpouring of grief. Credit: Dominic Lipinski / PA Wire/Press Association Images

Bowie's 1984 song Tumble and Twirl - a collaboration with friend and musician Iggy Pop - was about the pair's journey to Indonesia.

Later he also released Indonesian versions of his songs Don't Let Me Down and Tin Machine record You Belong in Rock n' Roll.