Shobhan Sarkar, alias 1008 Viraktanand Saraswati, alias Suryabhan Tiwari, the seer who had dreamt that over 1,000 tonnes of gold lay buried under the ruins of the old fort of 19th-century king Ram Baksh Singh in Daundiya Khera village of Unnao, died at his Ashram in Shivli area of Kanpur Dehat district on May 13. “Baba Shobhan Sarkar breathed his last at 5am on Wednesday at Arogya Dham hospital in the ashram after battling ill health for the past few days,” said his disciples.