Relatives of 1,677 bodies buried at a graveyard, belonging to historic Wat Phananchoeng in Ayutthaya, have been told to remove them by August next year, as the 20-rai compound is being turned into a car park and will also be the site for the construction
Deputy abbot Phra Maha Cherdchai Katapunyo also cited the Asean Economic Community 2015 as a reason for the changes, based on complaints from visitors that they had problems parking their cars.