In 2015, a Spanish astrologist and tarot reader named Pilar Abel announced that she believes she is the daughter of the iconic surrealist artist Salvador Dal. And 28 years after the artists death in 1989, Abel filed a paternity suit to be sure.

According to a report from the BBC on Monday morning, a judge in Madrid has now agreed to exhume Dals remains to get DNA samples for a paternity test, after earlier tests using secondary sources of the artists DNA proved inconclusive.

Abels mother, Antonia Martnez de Haro, worked in the home of a family who often vacationed in the Spanish fishing village Port Lligat, where Dal also had a house. Abel explained in documents presented to a Madrid court that the two had a friendship that developed into clandestine love.

At the time, Dal was married to Gala, born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, who inspired and appeared in many of the artists works. According to legend, Dal was a virgin when they wed and encouraged Gala to have affairs with other artists and intellectuals. The couple never had children.