A 68-year-old monk, Thammakorn Wangpreecha has reportedly offered his chopped off head as a sacrifice to Buddha in Thailand.

According to report, the monk who has been planning the offering for the past five years, hopes to reincarnate as a ‘higher spiritual being’.

The monk was found dead on April 15 by his nephew, Booncherd Boonrod, at the Wat Phu Hin temple in Nong Bua Lamphu province, in north-eastern Thailand.

According to Booncherd, the late monk revealed his plans in a letter;

 “In the letter, it was stated that chopping his head off was his way of praising Buddha. In the letter he said that he had been planning this for five years now.

‘His wish was to offer his head and his soul so that the Lord could help him reincarnate as a higher spiritual being in the next life.’

According to Mail Online, the monk allegedly used a makeshift guillotine next to a Buddhist god statue so that the religious figure would appear to be holding his head after it had been cut off.

The monk, who had served the temple for 11 years, had reportedly informed his colleagues that he would be leaving the monk-hood but he did not tell them about the guillotine.

Over 300 local devotees reportedly showed up at the temple to prepare his body for a rite.

The monk’s body was laid inside a coffin while his head placed in a jar before his followers and family members carried his remains to the forest where it was burned.