ULAN-UDE, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: TO GO WITH AFP STORY " Preserved for 77 years, Buddhist leader..." An undated photo shows a believer decorating the mummy of Dasha-Dorjo Itighelov, a Siberian Buddhist leader who, followers claim, looks and feels just the same as when he died in 1927 in a temple in Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Buryat republic. Seated in the lotus pose in the ceremonial garments of a Buddhist lama, Dasha-Dorjo Itighelov is to undergo examination with modern techniques to find out what keeps him looking so perky. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read HO/AFP via Getty Images)
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