The whereabouts of these works remained a mystery until the fall of the Manchurian puppet government in 1945 when they suddenly reappeared, causing a sensation in art markets.
直到抗戰勝利，偽滿解體，才從東北一帶流出。這些東西立即被平津一帶古董商視為瑰寶，每件動輒要價金條數十，成為古董市場駭人聽聞的大事。