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Salvador Dali’s body ordered exhumed in a paternity case.

A court in Madrid on Monday ordered that the remains of surrealist painter Salvador Dali be exhumed over a woman’s claim that she is the daughter of the world-famous artist.

The court said the exhumation aimed “to get samples of his remains to determine whether he is the biological father of a woman from Girona (in northeastern Spain) who filed a claim to be recognised as the daughter of the artist.”

It added, “The DNA study of the painter’s corpse is necessary due to the lack of other biological or personal remains with which to perform the comparative study.”

The court said the decision could be appealed.