Phra Lod said he had been a regular customer at the store before becoming a monk. He had shaved off his hair and eyebrows as a renunciation of worldly attachments in line with Buddhist beliefs.
Wirapol Sukphol was seen flying in a private aircraft in a YouTube video released in 2013 It was a jarring image; a group of Buddhist monks, with shaven heads and orange robes, sitting back in the ...