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Judge orders Salvador Dalí's body to be exhumed after paternity suit filed

Posted at 9:36 AM, Jun 26, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-27 16:53:43-04

Spanish media reports a judge ruled to have Salvador Dalí's body exhumed to obtain samples for a paternity suit. 

The BBC reported that a Spanish woman, Pilar Abel, claims Dalí is her father after he had an affair with a maid in 1955.

Dalí died in 1989 and is known for his surrealist works of art, much of it prominently on display at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg