An official has revealed that a cemetery in Jamaica's capital is facing a major expense to bury dozens of bones that have been disinterred by man or nature.

The Gleaner reported on Thursday that Kingston Town Clerk Errol Green said he is aware skulls and bones are protruding from shallow graves in sections of the 200-acre May Pen Cemetery.

Many of the bones appear to come from graves that have either collapsed or were removed by humans, Green has said.

Cemetery workers told the newspaper many of the exposed bones were from the graves of paupers who are often not buried according to the law.

According to the workers, in some instances pauper graves are only three feet deep rather than the five-foot depth mandated.

It would cost a lot of money to bury the exposed remains, Green further said.

The Gleaner also said that Jamaica's Ministry of Health and the United Nations Development Program have been contacted to help with the cost. (With Inputs from Agencies)