It details the commune's utopian construction and scandalous collapse, as well as the Rajneesh's involvement in bioterrorism, election rigging and attempted murder. But before all that, the movement was popular in Australia, where the Rajneeshis practised "dynamic meditation" and had the nickname the "Orange People" because of the sun-coloured clothes they wore. In its heyday, Sydney and Western Australia had sizeable Rajneesh communities. Its members' quest for enlightenment also involved having lots of sex with many different partners. Or so the story goes. "As far as I know, there were no great orgies or anything but if there were I missed out," joked Azti, who used to wear a pink shirt, red tie and mala locket as an engineer at the Gas and Fuel Corporation after he joined the group in 1980. John Hayes, also known as Jivan Azti, at Rajneeshpuram in Oregon in 1983.

Despite all the controversy about the group’s beliefs and what happened at Rajneeshpuram, Osho (as the Rajneesh is now known) continues to have a strong following in Australia. At its peak, Rajneeshpuram was home to 4000 residents in a remote part of Oregon. The documentary details the group's run-ins with residents in the nearby town of Antelope and its subsequent battle with the US government. Azti described being at Rajneeshpuram with thousands of other followers, where they built huge dams to become self-sufficient, as "the most incredible experience". The Bhagwan at Rajneeshpuram. Credit:Netflix "Do you know John Lennon's song Imagine? I used to hear it and think 'I'm actually experiencing that situation,' " he said.

"Things went wrong. But at that stage there were all these people just being there. And it wasn't about earning money. It was just about achieving something and trying to do something." John Hayes (Jivan Azti) is a member of Osho, formerly known as the Rajneesh. Credit:Eddie Jim The documentary’s directors, brothers Chapman and Maclain Way, said that Australians, along with Germans, had a strong connection with the story of the Rajneesh and the commune, which became the home of the movement after it left Pune, India. Sheela, the Bhagwan's mouthpiece who was later accused of double-crossing him, has co-operated with the series. She became infamous for using the phrase "tough titties" when an Australian 60 Minutes journalist suggested the Rajneeshi weren't welcome in a West Australian town. "Sheela did that media rampage where she hit up Australia and made headlines there with how controversial and how provocative her interviews were," Chapman said.

"Even today Byron Bay is still a very strong hub of sannyasins and followers of Osho." Ma Anand Sheela, the private secretary to the Bhagwan. Credit:Netflix Many sannyasins did settle in Byron Bay after the collapse of Rajneeshpuram, including on communal properties in the area. One such 40-hectare community near Tyagarah is known as Gondwana. One of the documentary's main interviewees is West Australian woman Jane Stork, formerly known as Ma Shanti Bhadra, who was jailed for the attempted murder of the Bhagwan's doctor and was also involved in a conspiracy to kill a US district attorney. The group was also involved in the largest bioterrorism attack on US soil, in which they poisoned 751 people with salmonella. There was also a plot to bus in homeless people to the commune to vote in local elections.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh was known for having 93 Rolls-Royces. Credit:Netflix Chapman said that, despite all the things that went wrong at Rajneeshpuram and the damage that was caused, many sannyasins have described their experience as a positive one. "For many, being part of this movement, and building this commune and this utopia was the most profound experience of their life," he said. However, his brother Maclain said that by the end of the story it was clear that what they were doing resembled a cult. "There was a paranoid way of thinking, information was really hard to get," he said.