The embalmed remains of Salvador Dal were exhumed on Thursday to retrieve genetic samples that could help determine whether or not the famed surrealist artist fathered a child 61 years ago . Dal currently has no known children.

A judge, three forensic experts, and an assistant converged at Spains Dal Theater Museum in his hometown of Figueres, where the artists body had been buried for 28 years. Narcis Bardalet, the man responsible for embalming Dals body just after his death, was present for the truly uncanny occasion.

According to the Associated Press , a 1.5-ton stone slab was removed to open the crypt holding Dals remains. Four teeth, some nails and the marrow of a long bone were removed as genetic samples, which will be sent to Madrid for testing.

Yet the most astounding detail of the surreal ordeal is that, after all these years, Dals signature mustache hasnt lost its panache.