diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v1/DeleteHandlerV1.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v1/DeleteHandlerV1.java
index 717310d..06341a6 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v1/DeleteHandlerV1.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v1/DeleteHandlerV1.java
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@
             // Record all deletion candidate entities in RequestContext
             // and gather deletion candidate vertices.
             for (GraphHelper.VertexInfo vertexInfo : getOwnedVertices(instanceVertex)) {
-                requestContext.recordEntityDelete(vertexInfo.getEntity());
+                AtlasEntityHeader entityHeader = vertexInfo.getEntity();
+
+                if (requestContext.isPurgeRequested()) {
+                    entityHeader.setClassifications(entityRetriever.getAllClassifications(vertexInfo.getVertex()));
+                }
+
+                requestContext.recordEntityDelete(entityHeader);
                 deletionCandidateVertices.add(vertexInfo.getVertex());
             }
         }
diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasEntityStoreV2.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasEntityStoreV2.java
index bf1629c..9a33e27 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasEntityStoreV2.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasEntityStoreV2.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
         EntityGraphRetriever entityRetriever = new EntityGraphRetriever(graph, typeRegistry);
 
-        AtlasEntityHeader ret = entityRetriever.toAtlasEntityHeader(guid);
+        AtlasEntityHeader ret = entityRetriever.toAtlasEntityHeaderWithClassifications(guid);
 
         if (ret == null) {
             throw new AtlasBaseException(AtlasErrorCode.INSTANCE_GUID_NOT_FOUND, guid);
diff --git a/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/rest/EntityREST.java b/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/rest/EntityREST.java
index 88de8b6..0d6d0c8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/rest/EntityREST.java
+++ b/webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/web/rest/EntityREST.java
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 import com.sun.jersey.multipart.FormDataParam;
 import org.apache.atlas.AtlasErrorCode;
 import org.apache.atlas.EntityAuditEvent;
+import org.apache.atlas.authorize.AtlasAuthorizationUtils;
+import org.apache.atlas.authorize.AtlasEntityAccessRequest;
+import org.apache.atlas.authorize.AtlasPrivilege;
 import org.apache.atlas.bulkimport.BulkImportResponse;
 import org.apache.atlas.exception.AtlasBaseException;
 import org.apache.atlas.model.TypeCategory;
@@ -806,8 +809,18 @@
                 perf = AtlasPerfTracer.getPerfTracer(PERF_LOG, "EntityREST.getAuditEvents(" + guid + ", " + startKey + ", " + count + ")");
             }
 
-            // following call enforces authorization for entity-read
-            entitiesStore.getHeaderById(guid);
+            // Enforces authorization for entity-read
+            try {
+                entitiesStore.getHeaderById(guid);
+            } catch (AtlasBaseException e) {
+                if (e.getAtlasErrorCode() == AtlasErrorCode.INSTANCE_GUID_NOT_FOUND) {
+                    AtlasEntityHeader entityHeader = getEntityHeaderFromPurgedAudit(guid);
+
+                    AtlasAuthorizationUtils.verifyAccess(new AtlasEntityAccessRequest(typeRegistry, AtlasPrivilege.ENTITY_READ, entityHeader), "read entity audit: guid=", guid);
+                } else {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+            }
 
             List<EntityAuditEventV2> ret = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -1232,4 +1245,15 @@
 
         return entitiesStore.bulkCreateOrUpdateBusinessAttributes(uploadedInputStream, fileDetail.getFileName());
     }
+
+    private AtlasEntityHeader getEntityHeaderFromPurgedAudit(String guid) throws AtlasBaseException {
+        List<EntityAuditEventV2> auditEvents = auditRepository.listEventsV2(guid, EntityAuditActionV2.ENTITY_PURGE, null, (short)1);
+        AtlasEntityHeader        ret         = CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(auditEvents) ? auditEvents.get(0).getEntityHeader() : null;
+
+        if (ret == null) {
+            throw new AtlasBaseException(AtlasErrorCode.INSTANCE_GUID_NOT_FOUND, guid);
+        }
+
+        return ret;
+    }
 }