Monk's body found concealed in Chinese Buddha statue
(chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2015-02-24 11:46
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A researcher studies a hole in the ear of a Buddha statue dating to the 11th or 12th century at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands. [Photos provided by the Drents Museum] |
Researchers also found scraps of paper written in Chinese inside the abdominal cavity of the body through endoscopy.
The bone samples have been collected for DNA testing.
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