Mummy in 12th century bouddha statue
CT scan reveals that statue of Buddha is actually a mummy Last
year the statue was released from China for the first time. It was put on
display on Drents Museum in Netherlands. Later it was taken to Meander Medical
Center where it received a CT scan and clearly showed a mummified body inside.
An endoscopy was performed which revealed that the body was of Buddhist master
Liuquan of the Chinese Meditation School. Another amazing discovery was made,
within the mummy where there once were organs paper scraps imprinted with
ancient Chinese characters were found. Samples of bones were taken for DNA
testing and the research will be published in a monograph. The mummy is
currently visiting Hungary and will be on display at the Hungarian Natural
History Museum until May 2015.
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