A newspaper in Spain claimes Shi Yongxin has a mistress.[China Daily]

The Henan Shaolin Temple has denied its abbot Shi Yongxin is embroiled in a sex scandal.

 

A newspaper in Spain claimed the 48-year-old high-profile abbot has a mistress who is a college student in Beijing, a son in Germany and an overseas bank account containing $3 billion.

 

The Shaolin Temple, one of the most famous Mahayana Buddhist monasteries in China, was built in the fifth century and has became a symbol of Chinese kung fu.

 

Shi Yongxin, originally named Liu Yingcheng, was born into a family in Yingshang, Anhui Province in 1965.

 

To bring Shaolin culture to the worldwide Shaolin enthusiasts, Shi has promoted various Buddhist activities and engaged in domestic and foreign cultural exchanges.