{blackbabes} Armed guards placed near Whitney Houston's burial site: report

Armed bodyguards have reportedly been placed near Whitney Houston's grave site to protect her jewelry and gold coffin from crooks.

The singer, who died in her LA hotel two weeks ago, lies in a gold-lined coffin. She was also draped in a purple gown wearing a diamond brooch and earrings and a pair of glittering gold slippers.

The gold casket and jewels have set off alarms that grave robbers may want to steal the booty, Britain's Daily Star newspaper reported today.

"There is a very genuine fear that her coffin will be targeted by grave robbers," a source told the newspaper. "It would be hard for them to actually dig her casket up, but that won't stop psychotic fans or people who think it could make them money."

Houston was buried Sunday in a private ceremony at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, NJ.