A ring involved in the theft and sale of body parts stole the bones of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke just before he was cremated, the New York Daily News has learned.

The celebrated broadcaster and actor died March 30, 2004, of lung cancer that spread to his bones.

The next day, without permission of any family members, the 95-year-old’s bones were surgically removed.

The bones were sold for more than $7,000 to two tissue processing companies for eventual transplant procedures, sources told The News.

“I hope those guys burn in hell for what they did,” said longtime Cooke family attorney David Grossberg.

The alleged leader of the body-snatching ring is Michael Mastromarino, whose operations are under investigation by the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

Mastromarino ran Biomedical Tissue Services Ltd., a profitable tissue recovery business that sold body parts, including bone, skin and cardiac valves.