Instant karma: Vandal rampaging through Buddhist temple dies after slipping and impaling himself on a statue of Buddha

According to reports, a man was killed after he fell from a large Buddha statue and was impaled on another following a meth-fueled rampage inside a temple.

The 49-year-old man assaulted a monk and smashed holy statues at the site in late February.

The man, named as Ek, allegedly took drugs with the monk before attacking him with a fluorescent tube.

He then locked all the doors and windows in the main hall and began smashing religious statues.

Police at the scene were concerned that he might be armed and initially waited outside the temple doors.

They tried to get him to surrender before the sound of destruction inside the temple became eerily silent.

Officers then entered the main hall and found the man lying in a pool of blood.

A Buddha statue had pierced his chest and lungs at the temple in Chon Buri province, Thailand.

After a preliminary investigation, it was revealed that he climbed the large Buddha statue in the temple but apparently fell while trying to vandalize it.

The man then plunged onto the sharp end of the smaller Buddha statue placed below it, killing him on the spot.

The police forced their way into the main hall and saw the man lying in a pool of blood

According to local reports, the assaulted monk, named Best, admitted to police that he had taken meth with Ek earlier in the day.

Under the influence, Ek apparently hit the monk before running into the temple.

Best has since left monasticism for his misconduct.