A sniffer dog assisting in the search reportedly had to be pulled from the hunt over concerns about its health amid the heatwave.
In an update on Sunday morning, Mayor Eleftherios Papakaloudoukas said: “During our search, and as we were approaching a cave next to the Agia Marina beach, we were shooting along the coastline with cameras.
“We saw an object next to a fence on the beach and when we zoomed in we realised that it was Michael Mosley’s body. He had probably fallen from a short cliff of about 10 metres.”
On Saturday, Dr Mosley’s family addressed the public for the first time since his disappearance. His heartbroken wife Dr Clare Bailey Mosley said at the time: “It has been three days since Michael left the beach to go for a walk.
She said it had been the “longest and most unbearable days for myself and my children.”