However, excavations have revealed that the place where Asuka-dera Temple's main hall now stands is the exact same site as the middle golden hall of Hoko-ji Temple built by Umako, and the principal image of the Buddha (or Asuka-daibutsu), although extensively repaired, is enshrined in the same position as it was in the Asuka period.
しかし発掘調査の結果、現在の飛鳥寺本堂の建つ場所はまさしく馬子の建てた法興寺中金堂の跡地であり、本尊の釈迦如来像（飛鳥大仏）は補修が甚だしいとはいえ飛鳥時代と同じ場所に安置されていることがわかった。