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Thai Woman Found Alive in Coffin After Being Brought in for Cremation
The woman was found alive after knocking from inside the coffin; temple staff intervened and arranged hospital care, with the temple covering medical costs, officials said.
- On Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, temple staff at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in Nonthaburi, discovered a 65-year-old woman alive in a coffin prior to cremation.
- Her brother drove her from Phitsanulok province seeking a free cremation at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham after a hospital in Bangkok refused admission without an official death certificate, Pairat said.
- Video from the temple showed the woman moving inside a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, while temple staff heard a faint knock and saw her open her eyes.
- Temple staff assessed the woman and sent her to a nearby hospital, while the abbot said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat Soodthoop on Monday.
- The brother made the 500-kilometer journey toward Bangkok with her in a coffin, saying she had wished to donate her organs after being bedridden about two years and unresponsive two days earlier.
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Thai woman found alive in coffin after being brought in for cremation
BANGKOK (AP) — A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pick-up truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered. Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general a…
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