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 ...

A statue of a sitting Buddha that made its way from a temple in China to a market in the Netherlands revealed an extraordinary secret – a 1,000-year-old mummified monk. The mummy was discovered ...

(RNS) 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 died around the year 1100. (RNS) The mummified ...

Scientists and hospital staff at the Meander Medical Center in the Netherlands used a CT scanner to reveal the mummified body of a Chinese monk inside a statue of Buddha dating back to between ...

It’s not surprising that Southeast Asia is home to countless ancient Buddha statues, but when one of those statues contains a mummified monk, that is certainly a surprise. A mummified monk is exactly ...

Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3 at 10:10 a.m. E.T. A Chinese statue of a sitting Buddha has revealed a hidden surprise: Inside, scientists found the mummified remains of a monk ...

in an ultra-religious move only practised by a few THIS is the mummified remains of a Buddhist monk who meditated to death, encased inside a 1,000-year-old ancient statue. Scientists scanned 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-mache statue is believed to be that of ...

The Buddha statue was bought several decades ... a bit of support and preservation so they put him inside the statue." Mummified monks were not only the focus of religious devotion, but important ...

The gold Buddha statue is originally from China and dates back to the 11th or 12th century. It stands about 1.2 meters tall. Before being loaned to the Drents Museum and displayed in an exhibition ...

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 ...