Vietnamese Man Carved His Dead Wife Into a Wooden Statue and Shares a Bed With Her Every Night.
There are stories that make you pause. Then there are stories that make you sit down and think about what love really means. The tale of Le Van, an old man from Vietnam’s Quang Nam province, falls into the second category. And years after it first came to light, people are still talking about it.
Le Van lost his wife, Pham Thi Suong, back in 2003. The two had married in 1975 in a union arranged by their parents. That was how things were done then. But somewhere along the way, the arrangement turned into something real. They raised seven children together. They built a simple, quiet life.
Then she was gone. He was away working when it happened. He did not get to say goodbye.
What came next was not something anyone expected.
For the first twenty months after her death, Le Van refused to leave her side. But since she was buried in a cemetery, he did the closest thing possible. He slept on top of her grave. Every single night. Rain or shine. He built a small shelter and stayed there. At some point, he even dug a tunnel into the grave just to feel closer to her.
His children eventually found out. They were worried, of course. They begged him to stop. When he would not listen, they forbade him from returning to the cemetery. But forbidding a grieving man who has already spent nearly two years sleeping on dirt does not work the way you think it will.
One night, he went back. Only this time, he did not just lie on the grave. He dug her up.
Le Van took his wife’s remains home. Then he did something that shocked everyone around him. He mixed plaster, cement, glue, and sand to create a life-size figure of Pham Thi Suong. Inside that hollow statue, he placed her bones. He also carved a smaller version of her face into a wooden stick, which some reports say he keeps with him as well.
The figure was not just a statue sitting in a corner. He dressed it in real clothes. He talked to it. And every night, he placed it in bed beside him and slept there until morning.
The news spread through his community. People were disturbed. Local health authorities stepped in because keeping human remains inside a house raised concerns. But when inspectors came, they found that the bones were completely sealed and dry inside the plaster figure. There was no health risk. The police questioned him. He refused to give her up.
So they left him alone.
Time passed. Le Van grew old. His legs gave out, and he ended up in a wheelchair. But even then, he did not stop. According to local reports, he would crawl out of his chair and pull himself into bed just to lie next to the figure. Twice a day, he changed her dress. He applied makeup to the statue’s face. He made sure she looked good.
His children have long accepted it. The neighbors have stopped talking. And the story, old as it is, finds its way back to the internet every few years. Recently, it started trending again. People are divided. Some call it disturbing. Others call it the truest thing they have ever seen.
Maybe it is a little bit of both.
Le Van once said he made a promise to take care of his wife until his own last day. And by every measure, he has kept that promise.
Vietnamese Man Carved His Dead Wife Into a Wooden Statue and Shares a Bed With Her Every Night.
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