Mummified monk

The mummified monk that rests inside an ancient Buddha statue

In a museum there was a Buddha statue that had a monk inside. It was discovered by researchers. The private owner of the Buddha was trying to restore the gold-paint on the outer part of the Buddha statue. When the preservationist removed the timber platform, the preservationist saw two pillows under the Buddha statue. The preservationist also saw Chinese characters in a lotus stance. In 2014, the statue was lent to the museum in the Netherlands. Two of the men scientists agreed that they should do a CT scan.

In the ancient ritual that a monk will go inside a Buddha and was allowed to slowly eat a diet of nuts,  berries, tree bark and pine needles until he is at the edge of death. People trust that the skeleton belongs to Liuquan. The scientists still don’t know why Liuquan (the monk in the Buddha statue) was encased in the statue for 200 years. The secret was revealed at Hungary’s natural history museum in Budapest.

By: Joshua C.