Mummified Monk report.

Mummified Monk Report

Researchers have found a Buddha statue and found it a bit more interesting than other artifacts. So these researchers really wanted to find out more information about this Buddha and they did!

There was a man named Liuquan that was stuck inside the statue and was there for 1,000 years. Then the scientists discovered it and took some tests. One of the tests was called the CT scan that scan the monk and it showed the monk’s body and bones.

The scientists didn’t even know why Liuquan’s body was encased inside the golden coloured Buddha statue for over 200 years.

Liuquan was self-mummified. He allowed himself to be mummified. Liuquan put himself on a diet by feeding himself only with nuts, berries, tree bark and pine needles until he was on the brink of death. He retired to an underground chamber that was completely sealed. He had a bamboo tube for breathing and he would settle down in a lotus position. When the food ran out he settled in lotus position until he died.

Scientists were surprised that they found papers in the places where there was suppose to be the internal organs--- this was a big mystery.

By: AJ.