Incidentally, the statue of Maitreya (or Miroku-nyorai) of Kondo honzon was said to be nenjibutsu (a small statue of Buddha kept beside the person) of the Emperor Tenchi and also it is shorai-zo (bring in the scriptures or the statues of Buddha from a foreign country) from Tang, however, it had not been opened to the public and there is no picture, accordingly, the statue itself remains totally unknown.
なお、金堂本尊の弥勒菩薩像（弥勒如来とも）は、天智天皇の念持仏と伝え、唐からの請来像ともいうが、公開されたことがなく、写真も存在しないため、いかなる像であるかは不明と言うほかない。