Orthodox Church and family's descendants calling for bodies to be dug up . Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate by Russian revolutionaries in 1917 . He and his family were exiled from their home and executed one year later . Their bodies were discovered in 1979 and now rest in a US crypt . Remains of Nicholas ' son Alexei and daughter Maria have yet to be buried . Church refuses to believe DNA experts who said bodies belong to royals .
Orthodox Church and family's descendants calling for bodies to be dug up . Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate by Russian revolutionaries in 1917 . He and his family were exiled from their home and executed one year later . Their bodies were discovered in 1979 and now rest in a St Petersburg crypt . Remains of Nicholas ' son Alexei and daughter Maria have yet to be buried . Church refuses to believe DNA experts who said bodies belong to royals .