Thai Police have arrested a woman who squeezed nearly $12 million out of Buddhist monks trying to cover up having broken their vows of celibacy.

At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.

Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged with sex offences, fraud and money laundering. And in 2022, a temple in the northern province of Phetchabun was left without any monks after all four of its monks were arrested in a drug raid and were disrobed.