They obtained the necessary permits for cutting down and exporting the timber that they needed, only to discover when it arrived in Taiwan that over half of the shipment consisted of surreptitiously slipped-in, nursery-grown wood. Not only that, the timber had not been treated with sealant, and much of it had cracked by the time it arrived.
當他們克服一切砍伐申請、原木出口的手續後，卻發現，運到台灣的福杉不僅摻雜大半的人工林福杉，更因為原木未經封口處理，抵達時都已出現裂痕。