"We hope that the exam will help to clarify doubts that might exist with respect to the poet's death, " the Pablo Neruda Foundation said in a statement.

CNN: Foundation: Chile to exhume body of Nobel laureate

"We hope that the exam will help to clarify doubts that might exist with respect to the poet's death, " the Pablo Neruda Foundation said in a statement in February.

CNN: Chile set to exhume body of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda

It also stated that it expected the operation would be executed "with the greatest possible respect and care" and that it would end "any doubts that might exist".

BBC: Chile judge orders exhumation of Pablo Neruda's remains