diff --git a/src/trap.c b/src/trap.c
index da7a34303..3d597ed8d 100644
--- a/src/trap.c
+++ b/src/trap.c
@@ -481,8 +481,15 @@ int *fail_reason;
 				"moves" : "comes to life";
 	if ((x == u.ux && y == u.uy) || cause == ANIMATE_SPELL) {
 	    /* "the|your|Manlobbi's statue [of a wombat]" */
+	    shkp = shop_keeper(*in_rooms(mon->mx, mon->my, SHOPBASE));
 	    Sprintf(statuename, "%s%s", shk_your(tmpbuf, statue),
-		    (cause == ANIMATE_SPELL) ? xname(statue) : "statue");
+		    (cause == ANIMATE_SPELL &&
+			/* avoid "of a shopkeeper" if it's Manlobbi himself
+			   (if carried, it can't be unpaid--hence won't be
+			   described as "Manlobbi's statue"--because there
+			   wasn't any living shk when statue was picked up) */
+			(mon != shkp || carried(statue))) ? xname(statue) :
+			    "statue");
 	    pline("%s %s!", upstart(statuename), comes_to_life);
 	} else if (cause == ANIMATE_SHATTER) {
 	    if (cansee(x, y))
@@ -508,7 +515,10 @@ int *fail_reason;
 	       which refers to "it" so needs to follow a message describing
 	       the object ("the statue comes to life" one above) */
 	    if (cause != ANIMATE_NORMAL && costly_spot(x, y) &&
-		    (shkp = shop_keeper(*in_rooms(x, y, SHOPBASE))) != 0)
+		    (shkp = shop_keeper(*in_rooms(x, y, SHOPBASE))) != 0 &&
+		    /* avoid charging for Manlobbi's statue of Manlobbi
+		       if stone-to-flesh is used on petrified shopkeep */
+		    mon != shkp)
 		(void) stolen_value(statue, x, y,
 				    (boolean)shkp->mpeaceful, FALSE);
 
diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index 93bd5f888..910546a82 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	SCCS Id: @(#)zap.c	3.5	2005/03/28	*/
+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)zap.c	3.5	2005/04/20	*/
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
 
@@ -673,7 +673,8 @@ boolean by_hero;
 	       stolen_value() will refer to the object as "it" */
 	    pline("A corpse is resuscitated.");
 
-	if (shkp)
+	/* don't charge for shopkeeper's own corpse if we just revived him */
+	if (shkp && mtmp != shkp)
 	    (void) stolen_value(corpse, x, y, (boolean)shkp->mpeaceful, FALSE);
 
 	/* [we don't give any comparable message about the corpse for