The statue's body was carved crudely as it looks unfinished at first glance, though if one ignores the fact that it was made by Gyogi or not, it may have been carved by a practitioner who was not a professional sculptor of Buddhist statues.
この像は一見、未完成像かと思われるほど、体部の彫りが荒々しく、行基の作であるかどうかは別としても、専門仏師でない行者の制作である可能性もあるという。