This feature recounts a traditional story that **Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To)** knew Mae Nak’s demonic disturbance was beyond ordinary exorcists. He therefore went to Wat Mahabuts in Phra Khanong, sat at the mouth of Mae Nak’s grave and summoned her spirit for a conversation. In the end, according to the story, he **removed a piece of bone from Mae Nak’s forehead**, polished it until smooth, brought it back to Wat Rakhang, inscribed sacred letters over it and **made it into a pan neng worn at his waist wherever he went**. Later, when Somdet To grew old, he is said to have passed this forehead bone pan neng on to Prince Phra Phutthabat Pilan, and the article follows later claims about who might have possessed it afterward.

Finally, a famous head monk, named Somdej Toh, comes to Mae Nak and explains to her the Buddhist concept of non-attachment... Because this monk is such a great teacher Mae Nak understands now and leaves her husband and goes to the ghost world. Still, to this day, when people go to the district in Bangkok, called Prakanong, where Mae Nak and her husband lived, they claim to see Mae Nak’s ghost around the place where her house used to be.

One of the most well-known versions states that the revered Buddhist monk, Somdej Phra Phutthachan (To Phrommarangsi), came to perform a ritual. He captured her spirit and sealed it inside a piece of her skull, which he turned into a sacred amulet. This act freed Mae Nak’s soul and stopped her from haunting the village.

Like any good story told in the oral tradition, there are actually several versions as to how Mae Nak was eventually captured. In addition to the ruesi tale, there’s one in which the venerated monk Somdet Phra Phutthachan performed an exorcism. He obtained a buckle-size piece of bone from the skull of the exhumed remains of Mae Nak. He then confined her spirit to the skull fragment, which he wore on his waistband until his death, when the relic was given to a member of the royal family.

Modern English-language retellings of the Mae Nak Phra Khanong legend often describe Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To Phrommarangsi) as subduing the ghost by taking a piece of bone from her skull or forehead and turning it into an amulet that contains her spirit. Scholarly and Thai-language sources, however, note multiple variants: in some, he binds her spirit in his waistband; in others, he merely persuades her to move on to the next life without any bone or amulet. The bone-amulet detail is thus one particular strand of the wider folklore, rather than a single canonical version.

Several versions of the story circulate about how Mae Nak was finally subdued. A widely told account says that Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To) confronted her spirit at Wat Mahabut. After calming her, he removed a piece of bone from her forehead and used it to make an amulet, thereby containing her power and ending the haunting.

The kingdom's most respected Buddhist monk (Somdej Toh, also known as Archan Toh), went to Nak's grave and had the center of Nak's forehead cut out to capture her spirit. In a tearful farewell, Nak repented, leaving her husband for this life. In 1997, a shrine of Mae Nak was placed at Wat Mahabut temple, built in the late Ayutthaya period, supposedly her burial place.

With Somdej Toh's guidance, Nak was able to let go of her past life and move on. The venerable father then cremated Nak's body and carved out a piece of her forehead bone to keep as an amulet. The bone has since become a lost treasure with legendary status among Thai amulet collectors.

This blog post discusses the question "Where did Mae Nak Phra Khanong’s pan neng go?" It repeats a traditional narrative that **Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To)** created the talisman by using **a piece of Mae Nak’s forehead bone** and later **presented this pan neng to Prince Phra Phutthabat Pilan** when he was advanced in age. The article then explores claims and rumours about the subsequent disappearance or unknown current location of this legendary pan neng.

This Thai TV/online program segment presents the **“pan neng Mae Nak Phra Khanong”** as a legendary talisman. The host explains that, according to popular belief, **Somdet Phra Phutthachan (To)** subdued Mae Nak’s ghost and **took the bone from her forehead to make a sacred pan neng amulet**, which was then kept at Wat Rakhang and later allegedly passed into private possession. The video treats this as part of Thai occult lore surrounding Mae Nak, rather than as a verified historical artefact.

Eventually, the revered monk Somdej Toh, came to the people’s aid. He approached Nak’s spirit with calmness and pure compassion. With Somdej Toh’s guidance, Nak was able to let go of her past life and move on. The venerable father then cremated Nak’s body and carved out a piece of her forehead bone to keep as an amulet. The bone has since become a lost treasure with legendary status among Thai amulet collectors.