On December 21, 2002, a head from a Sui dynasty stone statue of the Akshobhya Buddha, under escort from Master Sheng Yen of Taiwan's Dharma Drum Mountain group, was returned to its place of origin.
千年佛像重「聚首」──法鼓山送佛首回山東神通寺四門塔二○○二年十二月二十一日，阿 F 佛佛首在法鼓山聖嚴法師一行人的護送下回到原址。