Peace comes from within, or so popular Buddhist quotes would have you believe. If that’s the case, this must be one peaceful monk. Scientists learned last week that a 1,000-year-old statue of Buddha actually conceals the remains of a mummified monk. Like many of its kind, the statue in question shows the buddha seated in the lotus position. Upon further inspection, researchers at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands used a non-invasive CT scan to reveal that the statue holds the remains of a human being who, most likely, volunteered to mummified.
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