Professor Lin Pao-yao of Taipei National University of the Arts was then recruited to assess the find, and after half a year of research reached the preliminary conclusion that the head was the one missing from the Four Gates Pagoda statue.
延請台北藝術大學教授林保堯經過半年的研究與探查，初步研判古佛頭可能是山東神通寺四門塔所遺失。