Researchers have recently found a 1000 year-old mummified monk inside a Buddha statue at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands.
Sitting in the lotus position, the mummy fits within the statue perfectly, Discovery News reported.
Glowing through the statue's golden cast, the human skeleton is believed to belong to Buddhist master Liu Quan, a member of the Chinese Meditation School.
Researchers found out that Quan's internal organs had been removed and replaced with scripts covered in Chinese writing.
The museum speculates Quan may have "self-mummified" in order to become a "living Buddha.
