This hidden neighbourhood carries a fascinating secret - it has been mass producing Buddhist merchandise for Thailand for more than 300 years. <br /><br />The Baan Bat village emerged in the early 1700s in Bangkok when the first Chinese settlers developed the capital city. <br /><br />The strip of homes began making bowls for monks to receive donations in. Since then, the rows of shop factories have continued producing Buddhist shrines for the country’s temples.<br /><br />Hundreds of shining gold-coloured statues are now mass produced even week in the small community near the China Town area of the Thai capital. <br /><br />It has even become known as ‘Buddha Road’, with most of the shrines and religious paraphernalia originating from the area for hundreds of years.<br /><br />Many are decorated with colourful jewels and packaged in plastic before beings shipped to differed temples where they’ll be worshipped by religious devotees.<br /><br />Footage taken today as the country prepares for the Songkran New Years festivities shows the manufacturers at work as they produce all shapes and sizes of Buddha figures - displaying them outside their workshop for buyers.<br /><br />The footage was captured today (April 9).
