 He took on five more queens as crown prince (of the eventual number of 23 queens).His third and later chief queen Nanmadaw Me Nu built the Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery in 1818, more commonly known as "Me Nu Ok Kyaung" (Me Nu's Brick Monastery), unusual in that Burmese monasteries traditionally are wooden structures.During his stay as crown prince, his grandfather Bodawpaya renewed his expansionism in the west.