WMAZ

Mummified monk revealed inside Buddha statue

The mummified remains of a monk have been revealed inside a nearly 1,000-year old Chinese statue of a Buddha. The mummy inside the gold-painted papier-mâché statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a ...
The Sunday Times

Scan of 1,000-year-old Buddha statue reveals mummified remains of meditating monk

Mummified remains of a monk have been found encased in a Buddha statue dating back to the 11th or 12th Century. Erik Bruijn, an Buddhism expert, led the study that determined the mummy was of Buddhist ...
Inhabitat

Buddhist monk may have volunteered to be mummified in 1,000-year-old Buddha statue

Peace comes from within, or so popular Buddhist quotes would have you believe. If that’s the case, this must be one peaceful monk. Scientists learned last week that a 1,000-year-old statue of Buddha ...
SlashGear

Buddha Statue Contains Mummy In "Advanced State Of Meditation"

The man inside this statue is dead according to conventional knowledge and science – but don't tell him that. The Netherlands-based Drents Museum at the Meander Medical Centre in Amersfoort has taken ...
Gulf Times

Mummified monk inside Buddha statue is museum draw

A Buddha statue from China that conceals the remains of a monk who turned himself into a mummy almost a millennium ago is the centrepiece of an exhibition in Budapest. Visitors to the popular "Mummy ...
The Sun

1,000-year-old Buddha statue contains skeleton of a ‘self-mummified’ monk who meditated to death in extreme act of religious devotion

The Chinese master is believed to have carried out self mummification, in an ultra-religious move only practised by a few THIS is the mummified remains of a Buddhist monk who meditated to death, ...