william randolph hurst found it bought it dismantled it and shipped the stones here with plans to rebuild them in a grand style. after the depression it never happened. to pay a storage debt he gave them to the city. they used some of them in all places the japanese tea garden. the city turned what remained of the stones into a young museum. it never quite knew what to do with them. pienlly after close to 40 years of hard effort by father thomas in 94 the museum gave the montessouri back to the monks. >> it is a beautiful part of our heritage. it's an air loom. it belongs to us. >> even then some of the monks are skeptical. >> jigsaw puzzle. >> until they found frank. >> how many stones? >> i have no idea. >> went to work based on rough architectural drawings from the 1930s saving old stones when possible crafting new ones when necessary. >> it's difficult to conceptualize but the original ones were carved 800 years ago. if you look closely they tell stories. >> original stonemason by the 13th century. these marks were meant as an accounting tool. they were paid by the stone not by the ho