diff --git a/src/framework/types.ts b/src/framework/types.ts
index 201e6fbf..eb4f4af0 100644
--- a/src/framework/types.ts
+++ b/src/framework/types.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export interface Options extends ajv.Options {
   ajvFormats?: FormatsPluginOptions;
 }
 
-export interface RequestValidatorOptions extends Options, ValidateRequestOpts {}
+export interface RequestValidatorOptions extends Options, ValidateRequestOpts { }
 
 export type ValidateRequestOpts = {
   allowUnknownQueryParameters?: boolean;
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export namespace OpenAPIV3 {
     in: string;
   }
 
-  export interface HeaderObject extends ParameterBaseObject {}
+  export interface HeaderObject extends ParameterBaseObject { }
 
   interface ParameterBaseObject {
     description?: string;
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ export namespace OpenAPIV3 {
     xml?: XMLObject;
     externalDocs?: ExternalDocumentationObject;
     example?: any;
+    examples?: any;
     deprecated?: boolean;
 
     // Express-openapi-validator specific properties
diff --git a/src/middlewares/parsers/schema.preprocessor.ts b/src/middlewares/parsers/schema.preprocessor.ts
index 283e8d4b..8d9d8948 100644
--- a/src/middlewares/parsers/schema.preprocessor.ts
+++ b/src/middlewares/parsers/schema.preprocessor.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ type Schema = ReferenceObject | SchemaObject;
 if (!Array.prototype['flatMap']) {
   // polyfill flatMap
   // TODO remove me when dropping node 10 support
-  Array.prototype['flatMap'] = function(lambda) {
+  Array.prototype['flatMap'] = function (lambda) {
     return Array.prototype.concat.apply([], this.map(lambda));
   };
   Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'flatMap', { enumerable: false });
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ export class SchemaPreprocessor {
         this.handleSerDes(pschema, nschema, options);
         this.handleReadonly(pschema, nschema, options);
         this.processDiscriminator(pschema, nschema, options);
+        this.removeExamples(pschema, nschema, options)
       }
     }
   }
@@ -443,6 +444,20 @@ export class SchemaPreprocessor {
     }
   }
 
+  private removeExamples(
+    parent: OpenAPIV3.SchemaObject,
+    schema: OpenAPIV3.SchemaObject,
+    opts,
+  ) {
+    if (schema.type !== 'object') return;
+    if (schema?.example) {
+      delete schema.example
+    }
+    if (schema?.examples) {
+      delete schema.examples
+    }
+  }
+
   private handleReadonly(
     parent: OpenAPIV3.SchemaObject,
     schema: OpenAPIV3.SchemaObject,
@@ -591,7 +606,7 @@ export class SchemaPreprocessor {
     ) =>
       // if name or ref exists and are equal
       (opParam['name'] && opParam['name'] === pathParam['name']) ||
-        (opParam['$ref'] && opParam['$ref'] === pathParam['$ref']);
+      (opParam['$ref'] && opParam['$ref'] === pathParam['$ref']);
 
     // Add Path level query param to list ONLY if there is not already an operation-level query param by the same name.
     for (const param of parameters) {
diff --git a/test/356.campaign.yaml b/test/356.campaign.yaml
index d6cedd54..0f01a687 100644
--- a/test/356.campaign.yaml
+++ b/test/356.campaign.yaml
@@ -68,4 +68,9 @@ components:
           format: date-time
         endDate:
           type: string
-          format: date-time
\ No newline at end of file
+          format: date-time
+        example: 
+            type: string
+      example:
+        name: 'hi'
+        description: 'yo'
\ No newline at end of file