The woodcarving Luohan statue in the Northern Song Dynasty is made of wood, which is organic matter, not inorganic nonmetal. At the same time, wood also contains a lot of organic compounds such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, which makes wood have certain plasticity and machinability and can be carved into various shapes.

Besides wood, there are many other organic substances, such as textiles, leather, paper and so on, which are not inorganic nonmetals.