Later in 1994, Phrakhru Wichitsahatsakhun, the abbot of Wat Sakkawan, found many pieces of fossilised bones protruding from a bed of rocks which the upper soil layers were washed away by rain water. After the discovery made by the monk, a Thai–French expedition team came to explore the site. With a standard excavation system in place, they discovered many more dinosaur fossils in the area. Until late 1995, over 700 fossilised dinosaur bones were discovered in the Sao Khua Formation, belonging to at least 7 Sauropod dinosaurs living in the early Cretaceous period around 130 million years ago