A 200-year-old monk found mummified in Mongolia is not dead but in a deep state of meditation according to high level Buddhists.
The body was confiscated by police after a man attempted to sell it on the black market near the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.
Dr Barry Kerzin, physician to the Dalai Lama, and a Buddhist academic say the monk is in a state of tukdam, one step away from reaching enlightenment and becoming a Buddha.
Mummified Mongolian Monk Is Not Dead, He Has Been Meditating For 200 Years, Experts Say