Courtney Love has been accused of plotting to have her daughter’s ex-husband killed in a bid to retrieve an iconic guitar that belonged to Kurt Cobain.

Isaiah Silva, a rock musician, was married to Frances Bean Cobain, the only child of Love and Cobain, from 2014. Miss Cobain filed for divorce in March 2016.

Under the terms of their divorce Silva was entitled to keep a highly valuable 1959 Martin D-18E guitar that the Nirvana frontman played during an MTV Unplugged performance in 1993.

During the divorce proceedings Miss Cobain had argued that the guitar should remain in her family, but Silva successfully claimed it was his, as Miss Cobain had given to him as a gift.

At the time Nirvana fans were critical of the guitar being awarded to Silva, who is the frontman of rock band The Eeries.

In his complaint Silva, 33, alleged that in June 2016, Love, her manager Sam Lutfi, and a group of other men attempted to kidnap and kill him to get the guitar back.

He filed a 329-page civil suit in a Los Angeles court seeking unspecified damages.