A Buddhist temple collapsed and fell into a river after several weeks of heavy rain. <br /><br />The religious structure's concrete base is believed to have succumbed to the pressure from a stronger current in Lopburi, central Thailand <br /><br />Pensioner Thammasat Ketwang, 70, was feeding the fish when he heard a cracking noise from the temple on Tuesday (September 24) afternoon.<br /><br />He then turned around and saw the building collapsed into a pool of water.<br /><br />Local monks were shocked by the damaged and blamed the local building for not taking more care when constructing their temple.<br /><br />One of the monks said: "There was a lot of rain in the past week which caused the pool below the building to be full of water.<br /><br />'''I think the foundations must have been eroded and they could no longer withstand the pressure from the water.''<br /><br />Nobody was hurt after the incident because the building was empty at the time. The abbot will now contact the construction engineers to diagnose the problem and begin the repairs.
