(CNN) — A golden statue of a sitting Buddha, smuggled from a temple in China to a market in the Netherlands, revealed an extraordinary secret — a 1,000-year-old mummified monk. Researchers discovered the mummy, encased in a cavity in the statue when a Visitors to the popular "Mummy World" exhibition at the Natural History Museum see a golden statue of a sitting Buddha, about four-foot (1.2-m) tall. On a television monitor, they can see the skeletal remains of the mummified monk inside it. "The Buddha "Scan research has shown that on the inside, it is the mummy of a Buddhist monk who lived around the year 1100." Corpse of 200-Year-Old Monk Found in Lotus Position Glowing through the statue's golden cast, the human skeleton is believed to belong to BANGKOK, July 8 (UPI) -- Police in Thailand said two large 200-year-old golden Buddha statues along with other religious artifacts were stolen from a temple and monastery. Limsin Sridonchan, 60, a monk's attendant, said he noticed the items were missing In this photo by Sakchai Lalit, Buddhists put gold leaf on the face of a giant Buddha statue for good luck at Royal Field in Bangkok as part of Wesaka Bucha activities. Wesaka Bucha, the most important Buddhist holy day of the year, marks the birth 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-mache statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist master of the Chinese Meditation School who .
Wat Nong Yai began pouring gold to plate a 15-meter-tall Buddha statue it plans to cast at the Pattaya temple. Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and former Culture Minister Sonthaya Kunplome joined city council members, Chaimongkol Temple Abbot Punya Rattanaporn For hidden inside the gold-painted figure was a secret—the mummy of a Buddhist monk in a lotus position. Shown outside of China for the first time last year, the statue had been the machine for a full-body CT scan and sampled bone material for Two suspects who were attempting to sell a gold plated Buddha statue for Rs.7.5 million were taken into custody yesterday by a team of officers from the Anuradhapura Anti-Vice Squad. Police Media Unit said the arrests were made at a wooded area in Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) looks on as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) receives a golden Buddha statue from a Buddhist abbot of Dacien Buddhist Temple in Xian, Shaanxi province, China, more Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) looks on as .
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