In the "Chronicles of Japan" (in the Record of Emperor Tenchi), there is an episode about Dogyo, a monk from Silla, trying to steal the Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi Sword, a sacred sword (one of the Three Sacred Treasures of Japan) of Atsuta-jingu Shrine, from the shrine and bring it back to Silla.
新羅の僧・道行が熱田神宮の神剣天叢雲剣を盗み新羅に持ち帰ろうとしたとの『日本書紀』の逸話（天智天皇紀）がある。