Monk Statues

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-maché statue is believed to be that of Liuquan, a Buddhist master of the Chinese Meditation School who BUDAPEST, March 5 (Reuters) - A Buddha statue from China that conceals the remains of a monk who turned himself into a mummy almost a millennium ago is the centerpiece of an exhibition in Budapest. Visitors to the popular "Mummy World" exhibition at the 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 Buddhist master of the Chinese Meditation School who Last year, Netherlands’ Drents Museum commissioned a CT scan of one of its Buddhist monk statues and found a mummified Buddhist monk inside it. Buddhism expert Erik Bruijn said the mummy was of Buddhist master Liuquan. He was from the Chinese Meditation It seems Mexico isn't the only place in the world where you can find human body parts incorporated into religious statuary: a Chinese statue of the Buddha has been discovered to contain the entire mummified body of a monk, folded into the same position. A CT-scan of an ancient Buddha statue has led to the unique discovery of a mummified Chinese monk, dating back to the 11th century and preserved in the same position as its exterior statue. The Buddha statue, which was on display at the Drents Museum in .

I’m also sure it’s worth it just to find something mind-blowing like this statue that contains the mummified remains of a 1,000-year-old monk. Check out the certified CT scan below. The Drents Museum in the Netherlands did a CT scan of a traditional 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 master Liuquan, who belonged to the Chinese A Chinese Buddha statue was recently found to contain the mummified remains of a Buddhist monk. Researchers at the Meander Medical Centre in the Netherlands carried out a CT scan and an endoscopy on a statue of Buddha, and found the remains of a Buddhist monk. Researchers at the Meander Medical Center in the Netherlands discovered the remains of a nearly 1,000-year-old mummy inside of an ancient Chinese statue during a CT scan. "On the outside, it looks like a large statue of Buddha," the museum said in a press .

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