Forensic experts open Salvador Dali's coffin to take DNA samples

Forensic experts have opened Salvador Dali's coffin to obtain DNA samples that could help settle a paternity lawsuit, a court spokeswoman said.

Forensic experts open Salvador Dali's coffin to take DNA samples

Forensic experts have opened Salvador Dali's coffin to obtain DNA samples that could help settle a paternity lawsuit, a court spokeswoman said.

The coffin was opened half an hour after it was lifted from the crypt in Figueres where Dali's remains have been for the past 27 years, the official with the court administration in Catalonia, Spain, said in a statement.

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