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[Photos] Wealthy Yen Bai Man Builds Extravagant Mountain Tomb

Taking a page out of the book of the Egyptian Pharaohs, a Yen Bai man is constructing a massive, VND15 billion tomb on the side of a mountain.

Built on a 500sqm piece of land in Minh Quan Commune, Tran Yen District, the man’s wish is “to become one with nature when he dies,” reports DTI News.

Construction started on the tomb in 2011 and is complete with complete roads, street lights a drainage system and 12 stone statues representing the zodiac.

Talk about an over-the-top eternal resting place.

[DTI News]

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