Until the end of June, the continuation of reincarnation, and therefore the future of Tibetan Buddhism, was in question.

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Police are probing the finances of a Buddhist temple after its abbot was caught in a femme fatale sex scandal in Thailand.

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.