Man cremates wife after living with her coffin for nearly 21 years

A 72-year-old man in Thailand, Charn Janwatchakal, recently cremated his wife after living with her dead remains for more than two decades.

Janwatchakal finally bid farewell to his wife on April 30 - 21-years after she died.

A distressing video shared on Facebook shows Janwatchakal assisting Bangkok Foundation staff in taking his wife's coffin outside his home in the Bang Khen district of Bangkok. He had kept his spouse's body next to him in a small room where he slept and spoke to her pretending she was still alive.

“You are just going for a brief business and you'll be back home again. It won't be long, I promise, ”Janwatchakal is heard saying in the video, referring to his wife.

According to reports, the charity workers retrieved the rotting coffin from the dingy space, surrounded by plastic bags and other rubbish. No legal actions have been taken against the man as he had registered his wife's death with officials. It is to mention that Janwatchakal's partner died from a congenital disease in 2001.