Liao Yi recalls that when they first went to the National Palace Museum to consult experts, it was like getting a bucket of cold water poured on their head. The well-intentioned advice they received was: "It would be good enough if you would just stick to Buddhism. Artifacts are expensive, and theology is a huge field of profound learning, it's much too difficult!"
了意法師還記得最早先到故宮去拜訪專家，結果被好意潑了一盆冷水，「你們作佛教就很好，文物很貴，宗教學博大精深，太難了！」