Stranger Than Fiction

The Mystery of the Self-made Mummy (1x1)

Air date: May 19, 2004

Documentary following the investigation of a 500 year old Tibetan mummy, and the team of experts who analyse it and try and establish whether the mummification was self-induced or down to natural causes. Looks at the levels of bodily control some Tibetan monks can produce through meditation, and at the meditation practices.