The body of legendary artist Salvador Dali was exhumed after 28 years and officials found that his mustache was intact.
CBS Local– Salvador Dali’s body was exhumed for a paternity test and the legendary artist’s famous mustache is still intact 28 years after his death.
A woman is claiming that her mother had an affair with Dali and requested a paternity test. If she’s Dali’s daughter, she’ ll have a right to the Dali estate. A judge sanctioned the exhumation.
Narcis Bardalet was in charge of embalming Dali’s body after the artist passed away in 1989.
“When I took off the silk handkerchief, I was very emotional, ” Bardalet said, via BBC . “I was eager to see him and I was absolutely stunned. It was like a miracle… his moustache appeared at 10 past 10 exactly and his hair was intact.”
After a four hour operation DNA samples were extracted from Dali’s teeth, bones and nails. The results of the paternity test likely won’ t be known for a few weeks.
Ian Gibson, a biographer of Dali, says it’s “absolutely impossible” for Dali to be the father.
“Dalí always boasted: ‘I’ m impotent, you’ ve got to be impotent to be a great painter, ‘” said Gibson.
