Welcome to Beyond Haunted UK. In this episode we journey to Fujian, China, to uncover the story of Zhanggong Zushi (“Jahng-gong Zoo-shrr”) - a Buddhist monk whose mummified body was encased in a gilded statue, worshipped for centuries, then stolen and embroiled in a global dispute.

Exploring themes of spiritual transformation, death and the afterlife, we ask: when a body becomes relic and myth, who truly holds its meaning? From meditation to immortality, faith to law - this is the tale of The Golden Monk.