 All the biloos along the corridors had lost their heads, and the marble eyes and claws from the masonry chinthes gone.In 1892, a committee of senior monks, members of the royal family and former officers of the king, including Atumashi Sayadaw (the Abbot of Atumashi Monastery), Kinwon Min Gyi U Kaung (chancellor), Hleithin Atwinwun (minister of the royal fleet), Yaunghwe Saopha Sir Saw Maung and Mobyè Sitkè (a general of the royal army), was formed to start restoration works with the help and donations from the families of the original donors according to custom and also from the public.It was the "sitkè" who asked permission from the senior monks to plant the "hkayei" star flower trees as well as some "meze" (Madhuca longifolia) trees.