The results of the initial ground scan in the search for King Harold's remains have been delayed.

Oval Films and Stratascan, the teams behind the discovery of Richard III’s remains beneath a car park in 2012, carried out the initial scan at Abbey Gardens in Waltham Abbey, on October 14.

The teams spent over five hours scanning the area in hope that theories stating he was given a formal funeral at the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence are true.

During the printing process, which started last week, some of the scan images were damaged.

Author, Peter Burke, who is sponsoring the search for the late king, said: "We have about four different sections that we need to combine on a sheet and then we will be able to see what we have found. 

"When the files were printed by Stratascan some were damaged, they will now be re-printed and hopefully ready to check for remains within the next week."