However, as stated below, the principal object of worship, a Shaka-sanzon, or Shakyamuni Buddha Triad, was not finished for a further nine years, meaning the temple did not have its principal images for nine years after it had been completed.
しかし後述のように法興寺本尊の釈迦三尊像が完成したのはそれから少なくとも9年後のことであり寺は完成したが、9年間は本尊が存在しなかったということになってしまう。