And finally… surreal

The remains of renowned Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dalí have been re-buried following their exhumation to test a paternity claim.

Pilar Abel, a self-professed psychic in Catalonia, has claimed for over a decade to be the famous artist’s daughter – but her claim has finally been disproved by DNA samples taken from Dalí’s skin, nail and bones.

The Spanish courts have ordered Abel to pay the exhumation costs.

As far as the public record is concerned, Dalí remains childless. He left his assets to the Spanish state on his death in 1989.

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