Leaving Singburi, going SE - what's with that huge Chedi?

[BringMeSunshine]

Does anyone know anything about this place?, 4km South East of Singburi on the Lopburi road (311)

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https://imgur.com/a/5wgozet
14D52'53.8"N, 100D25'08.7"E

 

Google maps lists a "Ban Pho Yen Priests Camp Site" near here, with the thai สำนักวิปัสนาบ้านโพธิ์เย็น , which seems to translate to "Ban Pho Yen Vipassana Institute".
https://goo.gl/maps/NyjXkVEugy1GDRkY7

 

It looks like it has been closed for 5+ years.  The main entrance is locked (but you can still sneak in round the back).  It has lots of grand features like a 40metre tall 'chedi'; a huge Wat and a sacred lake.  It seems strange that such an auspicious (and expensive) place would have been abandoned. What's the story?  

 

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Edited April 5, 2020 by BringMeSunshine
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[Iron Tongue]

Don't know why it's empty but it doesn't look abandoned, the trees & shrubs aren't overgrown.

[BringMeSunshine]

there's someone (??a chancer?) in there 'farming' bananas (there's a network of punctured hosepipes running around the grounds and the soil is wet keeping the banana trees watered. I guess that he also keeps the worst of the weeds cut back).

[pineapple01]

Is that a big lump of Cheese.?.