Although many admire the monk's show of invincibility to the laws of physics and accept the monk's magicalpowers at face value, uncritically without questioning them, other more inquiring minds are skeptical of hismagical ritual.
Chulalongkorn University science professor Jessada Denduangboripant has come to the rescue of these inquiring minds, showing that sitting in seemingly boiling oil could actually be a sort of magic trick or illusion that could beperformed by anyone with a little training and finesse. [See here]