From that moment, the three-legged toad became a symbol of wealth, and the image of Liu Hai on the back of the toad with a large gold ingot in his outstretched arms became a favorite subject for folk art. In the 1980s the three-legged toad managed to separate from Liu Hai. It came to be marketed as an auspicious figure in its own right.
金蟾至此成為財富象徵，民間藝品中也常出現劉海捧元寶、騎蟾蜍的文物。