A massive statue of the founder of Buddhism has collapsed on people at a temple in Thailand.
One man died, and five more monks were taken to hospital with injuries of varying severity.
The incident took place at a monastery on the banks of the Mekong River in Amnat Charen province, The Thaiger writes.
Here, monks were preparing a new 12-metre Buddha statue for service. They decided to remove the sculpture forms a day after the concrete was poured.
During the work, the statue collapsed and several massive pieces fell directly on the monks.
One man could not be saved, and five others ended up in hospital.
Local residents claim that “evil spirits” were involved in the incident.
The monastery was built on the site of a house that had a bad reputation. Allegedly, evil spirits lived there, which did not go away and continued to do harm to the monks.
During the construction of the temple itself, various emergencies occurred.
But the abbot of the monastery said there was no mysticism here. In the case of the statue, the work was supervised by a foreman from a neighboring monastery.
He decided it was time to remove the forms, although only a few knocks had passed since the concrete had been poured. The reason is human error, not evil spirits, the abbot claims.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
