[4] In 2014, the public-service telecaster Sveriges Television made a 1-hour documentary about the temple project, with the title Tempelriddaren (literally "The Knight Templar").

His motive has been a hope that this temple may bring large amounts of tourism to Fredrika, which would greatly benefit the municipality economically.

During the spring of 2005, Phra Boonthin met with the municipal commissioner of Fredrika, the social democrat Bert-Rune Dahlberg, to discuss the temple-plans.

The reason for the sponsorship, according to the businessman, was that he planned to establish a business in Thailand that he thought would benefit from him sponsoring a Buddhist project.

The proposed sponsorship was announced publicly, and a local newspaper started investigating the businessman.

[5] In 2015, a newly appointed Thai ambassador visited the site and promised to search for investors in Thailand.

[11] An article in The Local from 2017 stated that the project was being financed by donations only,[12] but in 2020 the former municipal commissioner Bert-Rune Dahlberg was planning on making a visit to Thailand to search for new investors.

[4] In 2005, an inaugural ceremony was held and the municipality financed the construction of broadband, waterlines and sewerage to the temple-site.