e Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has been on-site for three days, removing 137 tigers from the monks' custody after years of allegations of wildlife trafficking and animal abuse.
Their suspicions of animal trafficking appeared to have gained merit, based on Wednesday's find.
"They must be of some value for the temple to have kept them," said Adisorn Noochdumrong, deputy director-general of the department. "But what that may be is beyond me."
TIP OFF ABOUT SECRET DEAD ANIMAL STASH
Authorities stormed the kitchen facilities on Wednesday after getting a tip about the temple's secret stash of dead animals.
They also found the body of a Binturong, a protected species commonly known as a bearcat, and a number of dead wildlife organs.