In Spain, exhumed the body of Salvador Dali

On Thursday in the Spanish city of Figueres, where the remains of Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí were peacefully buried for 28 years, the body was exhumed to take DNA samples that were needed to establish paternity.

Possible daughter

The story of the recognition of Salvador Dali by the father of the Girona psychic, the psychic Maria Pilar Abel Martinez, began in 2007. A woman born in 1956 claims that her mother Antonia Martinez de Aro was the secret mistress of the great surrealist, working in the house of his friends. At that time, Dalí was not free, living with his wife Gala. This story of an adult Abel was told by her mother, who is now 87 years old, suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

Maria Pilar Abel Martinez

The 61-year-old prophetess, who earns a fortune by guessing on tarot cards, wants to proudly wear the name of her famous father and claims a fourth of Dali's legacy, which is currently estimated at $ 300 million.

Salvador Dali

Exhumation procedure

At the end of June it became known that the court of Madrid decided to put an end to this long-running affair, appointing a DNA examination to establish paternity, allowing to disturb the remains of the artist, stored under a huge stove in the Teatro Museum in Figueres.

Theater-Museum of Salvador Dali in the Catalan city of Figueres

Last night, under the cover of night, forensic experts, a representative of the museum and the court, Mayor Figueras took out a coffin with the body of an embalmed artist whose famous mustache still keeps its shape.

A huge plate weighing 1.5 tons, under which is the coffin with the body of Dali

Taking the teeth, nails and parts of two large bones for analysis, the responsible persons immediately delivered them to the laboratory in Madrid. It is reported that the examination will take several weeks and will be announced in early September.

Container with samples of two large bones, hair and nails Dali

It is noteworthy that in case of a negative result, Abel will have to pay the cost of all the works held in the museum.

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By the way, the residents of the city were on duty near the building where the exhumation took place. Numerous police officers did not let onlookers to the museum. Fearing that the sly paparazzi would want to capture what was happening with the help of the drone, all the windows in the museum were tightly curtained, and the glass roof was covered.