However, near its destination, in Mollepata, the chest containing the image became so heavy that could not be moved, the interpretation given by the local people was that the statue wished to remain in the town, where it was left.

In spite of the history associated with its Hispanic origin, the technique used in the elaboration of the sculpture of the Señor de los Temblores confirms that it was a local work.

The historian Pedro Querejazu completes the previous explanation pointing out:[7] The arms have an internal wooden tenon that reaches the thorax of the image.

The black color is not original but the result of having been exposed for centuries to smoke and dust, the buildup of soot from candles and oil lamps, and pigment and pollen from the red ñuk'chu flowers that are showered on the statue when it is taken in procession on Holy Monday.

When analyzing its composition during a restoration in 1985, the artists realized that the body was not made of parchment or camelid leather, but of linen vegetable fiber.