Chinese old temple guardian with sword

[Anthony G.]

Originally Posted by francantolin

Good evening,
I bought this old large wooden statue of a Chinese temple guardian. Said to be Wei Tuo Pusa
Early Qing dynasty sadly with a lot of wormholes,
Stabilised wood I hope...😬

I have seen this type of sword on several Chinese statues but no real ones.
Does that remind you of something ?
I like the removable helmet

The weapon looks like sword breaker.

https://swordis.com/blog/chinese-sword-breaker/