ThecorpseofaBuddhistmonksittinginalotuspositionhasbeenuncoveredinapagodainnorthernVietnamover280yearsafterhedied.Thebodyofthemonkwascoveredinalayerofspecialpreservativepaint.Hisinternalorgansremainedintactbutoneeyesocketwasdamagedandhisarmswerebrokenoffattheelbow.MinistryofCultureandInformationgrantedalicencetotheBuddhistChurchtorestorethecorpse.
越南北部一座寶塔內,發現一名佛教僧人呈蓮花坐姿的乾屍,他死去已超過二百八十年。屍體塗了一層特別的保護漆,內臟仍然完好,但一邊眼窩被毀,雙肘脫臼。文化及資訊部已發牌給一個佛教組織負責修復屍體。