Returning: Sunday Night

Sunday Night is back this weekend for its 10th anniversary on Seven, with a report by Matt Doran on the cult leader behind Universal Medicine.

Serge Benhayon is Australia’s most powerful cult leader.

He’s also a former bankrupt tennis coach who claims to be the reincarnation of Leonardo da Vinci.

20 years ago, Benhayon created Universal Medicine after what he calls “an awakening” – a light bulb moment that occurred while sitting on the toilet.

To his followers, he is a healer, a spiritual guide and god-like figure. And they’re willing to pay millions of dollars to share in his wisdom and smooth their path to the afterlife.

Benhayon preaches a wild mish mash of religion, occult and science fiction, claiming that we’re surrounded by giant malevolent aliens. He’s wrecked marriages and destroyed lives.

Thousands of Australians have been drawn into the madness, including the well-educated, the wealthy and the well-connected.

In this explosive global investigation, Sunday Night’s Matt Doran confronts the man behind Universal Medicine and discovers how far-reaching this bizarre cult has become.

8.30pm Sunday on Seven.