Mummy in Statue - One monk has taken the phrase "rest in peace" quite literally. Researchers have discovered that within an ancient Chinese Buddha statue was the remains of Buddhist master Liuquan of the Chinese Meditation School. How old is the mummy and how was such procedure possible?
The mummy in statue is reportedly 1,000 years old. The Buddha statue hails from China. Researchers made the shocking discovery after placing a scan was done at the Meander Medical Center in Amsterdam. According to reports, the monk had gone through a self-mummification period which involved a strict diet to the point of starvation before being buried alive in a chamber.
"The discovery of the mummy is of great cultural significance, not only because it is the only one of its kind, but so far the only Chinese Buddhist mummy that is available in the West for scientific research," shares a report by CBC on the mummy in statue discovery.
Images of the monk found in the mummy statue may be found in the US art and design blog called This Is Colossal. Apart from the scan revealing the remains of the mummy in statue, it also revealed unidentified material along with scraps of paper, which featured ancient Chinese characters. These reportedly would reveal the location of the monk's organs which were removed prior to the mummification process.
The mummy in statue, known as the Liuquan mummy, is set to be transported to Hungary. There it would be on display at the highly anticipated event through the month of May. The mummy in statue is set to be displayed at the Hungarian Natual History Museum.
An update regarding the mummy in statue claims that these Buddhist mummies "are not dead" but are simply in an advanced state of meditation. Hopefully, the monk who has reached an all-new level of meditation after his self-mummification process does not decide to wake up and break out of the statue.
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