In order to solve the problem of fractures which occur during expansion, Lai worked a novel way to hollow out the bodies of his goat. He first stuffs a kind of plastic material into the body of the clay model, and then inserts banana oil through a small hole to melt it. It can then be poured out in solution, and the risk of fracturing is eliminated.
在解決燒製膨脹裂壞的問題時，賴守仁研究出一種掏空羊體內部的辦法：就是先在羊體內填塞保麗龍材料，等陶土乾了，再從預先留下的小孔注入香蕉油，使保麗龍溶解流出，這樣羊體就成中空，燒煉時不至裂壞。