The Akshobhya Buddha head alone has an estimated market value of US $ 1.5 million. Since mainland China has opened up to the outside world, a busy trade in stolen artifacts has sprung up, and the head of the Akshobhya Buddha was eventually removed and sold abroad.
尤其是四門塔東面的阿 F 佛，市場估計價值約一百五十萬美元，在大陸開放，文物盜賣風氣炙盛難遏下，阿 F 佛首被砍下盜賣海外。