The exhumation of Salvador Dali from his grave has already begun. This information was confirmed by press Secretary of the Foundation Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation. The process of exhumation is the court satisfied the claim of Abel Martinez, claiming that the great surrealist painter – her blood father.
In 2015, Abel filed the first lawsuit to establish paternity. In June 2017, the court finally allowed to conduct the examination. If the DNA of women and Gave the same, then Abel would be entitled to his name and copyrights, as well as 25% of his inheritance. According to some estimates, it amounts to 300 million euros.
«I’m not looking for fame or money. I just want to know who I am. I want the truth to be known, that’s all,» said Abel.
Abel, born 1 Feb 1956 in Figueres, said that he learned about the alleged affair and Gave her mother from his grandmother.
«I know you’re not the daughter of my son, you are a great artist. You’re as strange as Salvador, but I love you anyway», said grandmother of Abel.
Martinez suggests that her mother had a secret affair with the painter to Port Lligat, where she worked in the house of one of the local families. At that time El Salvador had been married to my Muse, Galeu. The couple never had children.
Dali died in 1989 at the age of 84 years. His grave is in the theater-Museum of Salvador Dali created himself in Figueres, Spain. Dali was buried so that the grave could walk, so the body buried in the floor of one room of the Museum and theatre.
Initially it was assumed that the exhumation process will begin this morning, however, the court agreed to postpone the beginning of work at night after the Museum is closed to the public. By Friday morning the body will be Given at the same place.
