Very good!

"I spent my life savings to do this. I'm going through with it!"

Gosunkugi pushed the carving into the pool. Minutes later, he dove in
after it.<<

The lesson of today is inanimate objects (such as statues) cannot be used to make cursed springs. They can't curse the spring because they can't drown.
Besides, Gos should have used someone else as a test subject first. But they never listen....