Mummified 200-year-old monk 'NOT dead' but in 'very deep meditation'

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A mummified monk found in the lotus position is "not dead" but is in "very deep meditation", academics claim.

Forensic examinations are under way on the amazing remains, which are believed to be around 200 years old, having been preserved in animal skin.

But experts insist the human relic is actually in a rare and very special spiritual state known as 'tukdam' and is just one stage away from becoming a real-life Buddha.

Ganhugiyn Purevbata, who is the founder and professor of the Mongolian Institute of Buddhist Art at Ulaanbaatar Buddhist University, said: "Lama is sitting in the lotus position vajra, the left hand is opened, and the right hand symbolizes of the preaching Sutra.

"This is a sign that the Lama is not dead, but is in a very deep meditation according to the ancient tradition of Buddhist lamas."

Over the last 50 years there are said to have been 40 such cases in India involving meditating Tibetan monks.