The holy men — including the temple’s abbot, aka the head monk — failed the drug tests in the Phetchabun province’s Bung Sam Phan district on Monday.
Four Buddhist monks in Thailand have been shipped off to rehab after they all tested positive for meth.
Police forced the monks to undergo urine tests after they raided the temple as part of the province’s crackdown on drugs. They were also immediately booted from the monkhood in the wake of their positive tests — leaving their tiny temple without any religious leaders.
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