In the end, plans to use this wood were abandoned and Taiwanese cypress was substituted in. The temple had wasted a year in these efforts, and the timber budget had soared from the original estimate of NT $ 20 million to NT $ 60-70 million.
最後只好放棄，改用台灣的檜木來替代，不僅白白浪費一年往返的時光，也使得木材成本由原本估計的台幣兩千萬飆升到六、七千萬。