After that, plagues became prevalent and Okoshi and the others, believing that 'because he worshipped a foreign god (Buddha), he has brought the wrath of the gods of the land down upon us', set fire to the temple and threw the statue into a canal at Nanba.
その後、疫病が流行ると、尾輿らは、外国から来た神（仏）を拝んだので、国津神の怒りを買ったのだ（「昔日不須臣計致斯病死今不遠而復必當有慶宜早投棄懃求後福」）として、寺を焼き仏像を難波の掘江に捨てた。