Reference for Avodah Zarah 98:11
תניא כמ"ד מותרין דתניא עובד כוכבים ששיפה עבודת כוכבים לצרכו היא ושפאיה מותרין לצרכה היא אסורה ושפאיה מותרין וישראל ששיפה עבודת כוכבים בין לצרכה בין לצרכו היא ושפאיה אסורין
It was taught in agreement with the one who said that they are permitted, for it has been taught: If an idolater smoothed off an idol for his own sake, the tree and the pieces are permitted, and if he did so for the tree’s sake, it is prohibited but its pieces are permitted; but if an Israelite smoothed off an idol, whether for his sake or for the sake of the tree it and the pieces are prohibited.
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Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah
If somebody finds an idol, Rav said, he breaks it limb by limb and it becomes insignificant, but Samuel said, it never can become insignificant76Rav holds that an idol broken into little pieces cannot be reconstituted. Therefore it is no longer an idol and the shards may be used. Samuel holds that an idol which falls into the hands of a Jew is ḥerem and forbidden for any use under any circumstance (Deut. 13:18). For him the only way an idol or its parts can become useable for a Jew is that a Gentile (a pagan) breaks it. The Babli (49b) explains Samuel’s position away..
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