Debunked: TikTok’s ‘163-year-old man’ isn’t actually that old

This week, internet users were shocked when videos of a supposed 163-year-old man went viral on TikTok.

Clips of the frail monk began appearing on the profile @auyary13 in January, but they have taken over the internet in February 2022.

He has amassed a huge 530,000 followers as TikTok users are fascinated by his incredible age.

However, you shouldn’t believe everything you read online…

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TikTok users were in awe this week when a series of clips began appearing on everyone’s For You Page of a man rumoured to be 163 years old.

The videos see a man, who is supposedly a monk, lying in a hospital bed in Thailand.

His body is extremely frail and rumours are flooding the comments section that he was practicing Sokushinbutsu, which is the process of becoming a Buddhist mummy.

Popular amongst Buddhist monks in Japan, the practice of Sokushinbutsu sees people entering mummification whilst still alive. However, this appears to be fake and the man wasn’t actually doing this.

One particular video, in which he is lying in bed with his hands on a child’s head, gained a staggering 66 million views this week.

Rumours quickly started swirling on TikTok that the man in the clips is 163 years old. However, this isn’t actually true.