Chin explains that the museum carries out inspections before accepting any items, comparing the reproduction against the decorative patterns, materials, and dimensions of the original. "Substandard porcelains are destroyed. Unsatisfactory bronzes are melted down. Everything that doesn't measure up is done over again.
金士先表示，故宮採用「真品」紋飾、材質、尺寸的標準來驗收，「不合格的瓷器就打掉、不行的銅器就熔掉，整批重做，文物本身就是 standard（標準）。」