At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

A 35-year-old woman who slept with Buddhist monks to scam them out of money has claimed she has given birth to a baby.

The case of Wirapol Sukphol, the infamous “jet-set monk” who was sentenced to over 100 years in prison for fraud, money laundering, and sexual offenses, highlighted how modern materialism could corrupt even those who had taken vows of simplicity and poverty.