Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Indian mystic better known as Osho, amassed a fleet of ninety-three custom Rolls-Royce cars purchased exclusively by his devoted followers during his time running a commune in Oregon.

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Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Indian mystic better known as Osho, amassed a fleet of ninety-three custom Rolls-Royce cars purchased exclusively by his devoted followers during his time running a commune in Oregon. He preached a philosophy that blended Eastern mysticism, meditation, and a suspiciously high degree of western capitalism, arguing that being absolutely filthy rich was a necessary step on the path to true spiritual awakening. His disciples worked grueling, unpaid hours on the ranch so their enlightened guru could drive a different luxury vehicle every single day of the season. You have to admire the sheer audacity of convincing thousands of people that abandoning all their worldly possessions was spiritually mandatory, right up until the exact moment those possessions could be traded in for a fleet of bulletproof luxury sedans