that id seems to point to a part of the legionwar sheild in the 3dobject.ini Im looking at
983000000=c3/npc/983/1.c3
I think youre looking for one of these instead
097000000=c3/ghost/097/1.c3
98000000=c3/ghost/098/1.c3
99000000=c3/ghost/099/1.c3
080000000=Paladin1/ghost/080/1.c3
081000000=Paladin1/ghost/081/1.c3
082000000=Paladin1/ghost/082/1.c3
083000000=Paladin1/ghost/083/1.c3
084000000=Paladin5/ghost/084/1.c3
085000000=c3/ghost/085/1.c3
087000000=c3/ghost/087/1.c3
086000000=c3/ghost/086/1.c3
change the part in your "ghosts" to point to the 98000000 id and that will make them look normal again
looks like someone pointed their ini entries at the wrong id