After it was damaged by fire caused by war in 1180, the armed priests of Kofuku-ji Temple snatched the statues of the Yakushi Sanzon, the principal image of the Kodo Hall of Yamada-dera Temple in Asuka (present-day Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture), and installed them as the principal image of Tokon-do Hall.
治承4年（1180年）の兵火による焼失後、文治3年（1187年）、興福寺の僧兵は飛鳥の山田寺（現・奈良県桜井市）講堂本尊の薬師三尊像を強奪してきて、東金堂本尊に据えた。