Mummified 200-year-old remains of Buddhist monk who is still in the LOTUS POSITION are discovered in Mongolia.

The amazing mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position have been unearthed in Mongolia.

A forensic examination is underway on the human relic which is believed to be around 200 years old, after being preserved in animal skin.

'The mummified body sits in a lotus position, as if still meditating,' said a report in

citing Mongolian accounts of the discovery.

The human remains are now undergoing forensic examination in capital Ulaanbataar.

Initial speculation is that the mummy could be a teacher of Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov.

Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, born in 1852, was a Buryat Buddhist Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, best known for the lifelike state of his body.

His remains were reported not to be subject to macroscopic decay.