A 65-year-old Thai woman, who was presumed deceased, caused astonishment when faint knocking was heard from inside her coffin after her brother brought her for cremation.

Pairat Soodthoop, the general and financial affairs manager at Wat Rat Prakhong Tham temple, informed The Associated Press on Monday that he was discussing cremation arrangements with the woman’s brother when they detected the noise originating from inside the coffin.

“I was somewhat surprised, so I requested them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled,” he recounted. “I observed her eyes opening slightly and her knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for a considerable period.”

The in Nonthaburi province, located just outside Bangkok, posted a Facebook video depicting a woman in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck moving her arms and head, which left staff stunned.

Pairat stated that the woman’s brother had driven her from Phitsanulok province for the purpose of cremation.

Pairat conveyed that the brother explained his sister had been bedridden for approximately two years before her health deteriorated and she appeared to stop breathing two days earlier. Believing she was deceased, he placed her in a coffin and undertook the 300-mile journey to a Bangkok , where she had wished to donate her organs.

The hospital, however, declined to admit the woman without an official death certificate, Pairat reported. The brother then sought out the temple on Sunday, which provides free cremations, but was also refused due to the absence of the document.

As Pairat was explaining how to acquire the certificate, they . Staff opened the coffin, confirmed she was alive, and transported her to a nearby hospital.

The abbot later stated that the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.