Monk's body found concealed in Chinese Buddha statue

The 1000-year-old Buddha statue is on display in the Drents Museum in the Netherlands. Recent developments have led to the discovery of a mummified body hidden within the statue. [Photos provided by the Drents Museum]

The Drents Museum, which exhibited the statue last year, said they had known the body was inside the statue but did not know the condition of the body before the scan.

The statue is now exhibited at the National Museum of Natural History in Budapest before heading to Luxemburg for display in May, according to the Drents Museum.