Sir Paul McCartney is a billionaire

Washington, April 24 : Sir Paul McCartney has a fortune of 1 billion dollars - 200 million dollars more than believed.

According to documents filed at London's High Court during his divorce deal case, the former Beatle was estimated to be worth 800 million dollars, reports Contactmusic.

However, according to the Sunday Times Rich List, the court failed to consider the will of Macca's first wife, Linda, who died in 1998 and undervalued his back catalogue, image rights and recordings.

The list puts his original wealth at 1 billion dollars.

A rep for Macca refused to comment on the list, which will be published on Apr 27, 2008.

ANI