Horror, Sleaze and Trash.

Turning Into A Mummy (Bhikkhu Style)

1. Stage. Strict diet. First 1000  days, the monks ate only nuts, grains. In addition, they had intense workouts. As a result, they would lose fat. 
2. Stage. Stricter diet. Next 1000 day the monks ate bark and tree roots. This made them look like living skeletons. 
3. Stage. Poisoning. At the end of the second term, the monks were drinking poisonous tea from the juice of the Urushi tree, the fruits of which are used to make lacquer. The tea causes vomiting, diarrhea, leading to rapid loss of body fluids. More importantly, accumulating toxins made the body poisonous for the larvae.
4. Stage. Time of death. The monks were placed in tombs. In tombs, they sat in the lotus position and had a bell for communication and a tube to breathe. Everyday, one of the monks would touch the bell, letting those who are outside know that he was still alive. If there were no sounds, the tube would be removed and the tomb would be sealed.

After 1000 days, each tomb was opened and people would check if mummification was successful. If there was a mummy inside, the monk would be declared a Buddha. If there was a decomposed body inside, the monk would not be called Buddha, although he would be honored for his aspiration.