Reference for Avodah Zarah 98:2
נתערבה באחרות כולן אסורות בהנאה ר"א אומר יוליך הנאה לים המלח אמרו לו אין פדיון לעבודת כוכבים:
and if [the loaf] became mixed with other loaves, they are all prohibited. Rabbi Eliezer says: let him cast the advantage [he derives] into the Dead Sea. They said to him: there is no process of redemption for an idol.
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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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