Following queries raised about the issue, Director General of Archaeology Dr. Senarath Dissanayake mentioned that the Department of Archaeology possesses all related documents with regard to the vesting of the Relics in the Monastery.

The Archaeological Advisory Council took a decision to deposits part of the relics in the Neelagiri Seya and to distribute some parts among the Vihares and also to keep parts of the Relics with the Department to be provided when requests are being made.

It is according to this decision that the Relics have been vested with Monastery. It is a tradition which had so far been adhered to in the country. He mentioned that his Department possesses all the documents to prove it. He refuted incorrect and unfounded reports published in the media.