Mummified Monk Found in 1000 Year Old Buddha Statue

The Daily Mail has a story of a 1000 year old Buddha statue that contains the mummified remains of a monk.  After a CT scan, it was determined that the mummy was missing all of his organs.  Other research found that the monk was the Buddhist master Liuquan.  The mummy will go on display in Budapest at the Hungarian Natural History Museum until May 2015.

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