The Jim Henson Firm’s studio lot in Los Angeles is NOT being supplied to the Church of Scientology, TMZ has confirmed.

Here is the deal … a report surfaced this week claiming the historic studio lot that served as a home for The Muppets was going to range palms and end up with Scientology.

However in a press launch issued Saturday … the property of the legendary puppeteer denied a sale was ever in place.

“With reference to current rumors concerning the sale of the La Brea studio lot, the Henson household is just not in any enterprise dealings with the Church of Scientology, and that group is just not in consideration as a possible purchaser of the property,” the assertion study partly.

“It’s nonetheless the household’s intention to maneuver The Jim Henson Firm to a brand new location it may possibly share with Jim Henson’s Creature Store, however at the moment the household is just not in escrow with any purchaser,” per the property.

The well-known studio lot, initially in-built 1919, has moreover housed Charlie Chaplin Studios. The Henson family bought it in 1999, and it’s since served as HQ for the Jim Henson Firm.

The studio lot is just off La Brea and Sundown Boulevard … so it’s a piece of prime precise property.