Although an extremely large number of Buddhist statues (Nio sculptures in particular) across Japan are claimed to be the Unkei's work, only a few of them have been confirmed to be his real works based on inscriptions, items stored in statues, and reliable historical data.
運慶の作と称されている仏像は日本各地にきわめて多い（特に仁王像に多い）が、銘記、像内納入品、信頼できる史料等から運慶の真作と確認されている作品は少ない。