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Monk's body found concealed in Chinese Buddha statue(2)

2015-02-25 08:49 chinadaily.com.cn Web Editor: Li Yan
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The Buddha statue is prepared for the scan in a medical center of the Netherlands. [Courtesy: Drents Museum in the Netherlands]

The Buddha statue is prepared for the scan in a medical center of the Netherlands. [Courtesy: Drents Museum in the Netherlands]

Inside the statue, which has a history of more than a thousand years, sits the mummified remains of a monk in the state of meditation, who was believed to be the Buddhist master Liuquan of the Chinese Meditation School.

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