Selvom man forsøgte at udrydde ordenen, og paven officielt opløse den... Menes det, at medlemmer flygtede med den sagnomspundne skat, deriblandt tidlig kirkekunst, og sejlede til Skotland.
Despite these official efforts to wipe the order and its official dissolution by the Pope, it is thought that surviving members of the order escaped by sea with much of their fable treasure including early church artifacts and travelled to Scotland.