article_snippet.sent: A mummified monk who is believed to have lived for 102 years has become a major tourist attraction after A mummified monk who is believed to have lived for 102 years was put in a crystal display case sitting in the traditional lotus position of prayer.
article_snippet.sent: Now 17 years on, A mummified monk who is believed to have lived for 102 years facial features and wispy beard are still clearly visible, the People's Daily Online reports.
article_snippet.sent: Self-mummification was a way to preserve a person’s body after death and was practised in various areas of the world including Asia.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year, mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position were unearthed in Mongolia with experts estimating the human relic was 200 years old.
article_snippet.sent: The amazing mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position were unearthed in Mongolia .
article_snippet.sent: Mummified remains of a monk were also found encased in a Buddha statue dating back to the 11th or 12th Century after a CT scan and endoscopy were carried out by Drents Museum at Meander Medical Centre in the Netherlands.
article_snippet.sent: The amazing mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position were discovered at the end of February after he took the statue to the museum in the Netherlands to be restored.
article_snippet.sent: A Buddha statue (left) containing a mummified monk (right) was stolen from a village temple twenty years ago, Chinese experts believe .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Zhu said if the body's not rotten, then a mummified monk (right) will potentially be wrapped under a layer of gold foil and turned into a statue.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mummification a form of higher enlightenment for some Buddhist monks .
  