Alien enthusiasts have taken that theory that life existed on Mars a step further, claiming that Buddha actually existed on the Red Planet.

According to UFO Sightings Daily, a figure seen in a photo recently captured by NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover resembles a Buddha-like statue, which some argue is proof that advanced civilizations worshipped deities on Mars.

The image "shows a face and head turned to its right, with breasts and a plump stomach, shoulders. The photo alone should be enough to convince the United Nations that intelligent life once existed on Mars, but NASA doesn't want anyone to know the truth because they will be asked to share the info and technology that they have found," said self-proclaimed UFOlogist Scott C. Waring of UFO Sightings Daily.

Waring also notes the "very remarkable detail in this photo" and claims this is not the first time that a Buddha statue was found on Mars.

"I think we have seen this statue before, but never this close up," he said.

YouTube user Paranormal Crucible is credited with making note of the image from NASA's website.

"Due to the poor quality of this NASA image, we have to rebuild it, using colorization techniques and a little artistic license. It would appear ... that Mars did, indeed, have an advanced culture, a culture intelligent enough to create monuments of their kings or gods," according to Paranormal Crucible.

Several other fascinating Buddha-like images found on Mars have been shared in the past. In addition, other strange things have also been discovered, including an iguana rock formation, a floating spoon, a space crab and a Martian version of Stonehenge, reports Mirror.

Earlier this month, NASA's Curiosity rover found evidence that large lakes of water existed on the planet approximately 3.5 billion years ago.

You can see the original picture of the Buddha-like statue on NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab website.