a pavilion on a plot of land in California where he was building a monastery for his new sect. The monastery is called Wat Pa antibarami According to the report, the monaste would be registered as a foundation and it is due to open next year. In the clip, Mr Wirapol said he had changed his monkhood name, Luang Pu Nen Kham to Phra Wimuttiyan. He claimed he had been designated as a political asylum seeker and had now been granted a green card to livelegally in the US Commenting on the 380 million baht in assets which the DSI says it seized from him, Mr Wirapol said he had transferred most of his assets out of Thailand before the DSI could grab them. A fleet of luxury cars were owned through nominees while he still owned and used a private jet, the report said The report also claimed the former monk had spent at least US$30 million(1.1 billion baht) adapting to his new life in the US