Salvador Dali’s body ordered exhumed

MADRID— A Spanish court ordered the exhumation of the corpse of Salvador Dali in order to settle a woman’s claim to be recognized as the daughter of the surrealist painter.

The court said DNA testing should be done on Dali’s corpse because no other remains or belongings were available that could allow a proper examination to settle the paternity claim.

Pilar Abel, a Tarot card reader, wants to be recognized as Dali’s daughter, born as a result of what she has called a “clandestine love affair” that her mother had with the painter in the late 1950s.

Dali was buried in a crypt below the theatre of his hometown, Figueres, which Dali helped convert into his museum. The foundation that manages the museum and other parts of Dali’s estate said it would appeal the exhumation order, which was decided by a judge from a Madrid court.

A Spanish judge has ordered the remains of artist Salvador Dali to be exhumed following a paternity suit.