Instant karma: Vandal rampaging through Buddhist temple in Thailand dies after slipping and impaling himself on a statue of Buddha

The 49-year-old man named Ek assaulted a monk and smashed holy statues

A man was killed after falling from a large Buddha statue and being impaled on another following a meth-fuelled rampage inside a temple, according to reports.

The 49-year-old man assaulted a monk and smashed holy statues at the site at the end of February.

The man, named as Ek, allegedly took drugs with the monk before attacking him with a fluorescent tube.

He then locked all the doors and windows of the main hall and started smashing up religious statues.

Police on the scene were concerned that he may be armed and initially waited outside the temple doors.

The man plummeted onto the sharp end of a smaller Buddha statue situated below it, killing him at the scene. Pictured: A smashed up statue in the Temple

They tried to get him to surrender before the sound of destruction inside the temple fell eerily silent.

Officers then forced their way into the main hall and found the man lying in a pool of blood.

A Buddha statue had pierced his chest and lungs at the temple in Chon Buri Province, Thailand.

Following a preliminary investigation, it was revealed that he climbed up the large Buddha statue in the temple but apparently fell while trying to vandalise it.

The man then plummeted on the sharp end of the smaller Buddha statue situated below it, killing him at the scene.

Police forced their way into the main hall and saw the man lying in a pool of blood

According to local reports, the assaulted monk, named Best, admitted to the police that he had taken meth with Ek earlier that day.

Apparently, under the influence, Ek hit the monk before running into the temple.

Best has since left the monkhood for his misconduct.

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