Thai police launched an investigation into the monastery over the use of bodies in meditation.

BANGKOK: A Buddhist monastery in Thailand is under investigation after authorities discovered more than 40 bodies allegedly used for meditation practices, police said on Sunday.

41 cadavers were found at the Pa Nakhon Chaibovorn monastery in Thailand’s Phichit province on Saturday, November 24, a senior police officer told AFP.

“The organs were accompanied by death and body donation certificates.”

He said police had contacted the relatives of the dead to confirm that the bodies had been donated willingly.

“We are trying to make sure that none of the bodies were stolen,” said the police officer, who did not want to be named.