New Delhi, Dec 25 : Staff at a Chinese funeral home were shocked when a dead man started talking minutes before he was to be laid to rest.

Zhang Dabo, 70, a cancer patient, was sent to the funeral home after his sister found him lying motionless at their home, reports China Daily.

However, a staff member revealed that the deceased was about to be put in a refrigerating facility when he started uttering inaudible words.

Dabo was then rushed to hospital where doctors confirmed he never died.

He is currently undergoing treatment. (ANI)