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An female presumed to be deceased and about to undergo cremation at the Buddhist temple in the suburbs of Thailand's capital was discovered living by monastery staff.

The temple's general manager Pairat Soodthoop stated he was "shocked" to hear a soft tapping coming from the casket, the official told news outlets.

Mr Soodthoop said he asked for the casket to be unsealed and saw her "opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the casket". "She must have been tapping for quite some time," he added.

Her sibling of the 65-year-old woman stated local officials had informed him his sister had passed away. However, the temple's manager said the brother did not have a death certificate.

As Mr Soodthoop tried to explain to the brother the process for getting a death certificate, monastery staff detected a faint knock coming from within the casket.

After it was established the woman was living, the monastery's abbot declared the patient should be transported to hospital right away.

The doctor later confirmed that the patient had been suffering from serious low blood sugar - a condition where blood sugar levels get dangerously low, local reports indicated.

The doctor eliminated the possibility that she had experienced breathing cessation or cardiac arrest, according to the reports.

Her younger brother explained his sibling had been confined to bed for the previous 24 months and as her health deteriorated she seemed to ceased breathing on the weekend, according to the temple's manager.

The family had journeyed from the region of northern Thailand in Thailand for the cremation ceremony, making a approximately 500km trip.