The Standing Buddha Reborn has a fleshy face, eyes "like an apricot pit," a shallow, large nose and a smiling mouth.
At the back of the head the round halo-like nimbus has lotus flowers inscribed in its center and flame patterns at the border.
It is believed that the carving is an expression of the principal Buddha and Maitreya bodhisattva introduced in the "Lotus Sutra".
It is estimated to have been created between the late 6th and the early 7th centuries, due to the commonness in that period of heavy, dignified physiques and the round, clear cuts exhibited in the principal Buddha statue, and the refined sense of molding in the bodhisattva statue, as well as the liveliness of the image.
This area was a passage through the Taean peninsula which was a center of traffic traveling to and from China and the Baekje and Buyeo kingdoms.