The exhumation began Thursday morning. Spain's Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month the government could move Franco's remains from the Valley of the Fallen, where he's been buried since 1975.
Spain's high court handed a victory to the ruling Socialist party, which has been pushing for the fascist leader to be moved from from the Valley of the Fallen near Madrid.
More than four decades after his death, the dictator Francisco Franco remains a divisive figure. His tomb is situated at a memorial outside Madrid that has become a pilgrimage site of sorts.
In his new book, The Impostor, Javier Cercas unravels the lies that created the life of Enric Marco — a man who for years portrayed himself as a Holocaust survivor and Spanish Civil War hero.
