The Amulet Market next to Wat Mahathat in Bangkok is one of the city's best known places to buy Buddhist amulets and lucky charms. Vendors line the street with miniature Buddhas; astrological icons; pendants; phalluses; ivory; gems and other assorted paraphernalia for the religious; the superstitious and the curious.

Thailand's amulet trade is a lively one; and prices for particularly powerful amulets can run into millions of Baht.