What happens to the ~45 liters of water in the human body once the person dies and is buried in a coffin?

Question

What happens to the ~45 liters of water in the human body once the person dies and is buried in a coffin?

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Answer 1

Coffins are generally made of wood, body decays, any fluids leak out. Eventually the coffin decays and the water leaks out and returns to the environment.

In some cultures, they embalm the body, so that prolongs the decaying process, and sometimes the body just dries out and mummifies.