I think you are referring to Sir Mark Sykes (BBC made a documentary on that a few years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org

I think you are referring to Sir Mark Sykes (BBC made a documentary on that a few years ago): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes#Exhumation_for_biological_research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sykes#Exhumation_for_biol... but it seems like the attempt was not successful, the lead coffin was broken and the body was not as well preserved as it was expected.