Filipina spends 4 years worshipping green statue before finding out it's Shrek? Netizens amused, sceptical

A report about a woman in the Philippines who mistook a 3D-printed figurine of the cartoon character Shrek for a Buddha and worshipped it for years has made headlines recently, sparking both amusement scepticism on social media. The woman from Manilla, who was not named, bought the statue from a local shop four years ago and had been worshipping it since, reported the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Monday (Jan 12). The woman had reportedly believed the statue to be a depiction of Buddha due to its round shape and gentle expression, and treated it with reverence by placing...