Rashomon: The mystery

I reviewed the rashomon dvd again and found one interesting fact.

Initially:
The man was armed with a sword and a bow and arrows.
The wife was armed with a small expensive dagger.
The bandit was armed with a sword.

When the man's body was found, the woodcutter testified that NO weapons were found near the body.

When the bandit was caught, they found 2 swords, a bow and arrows.

The bandit's testimony

The wife dropped the dagger during the struggle.

If so then the woodcutter would see it when he found the body.

The wife's testimony

She stabbed the man with that dagger.

If so then the woodcutter would see it sticking on the man's body.

The dead man's testimony

He committed suicide with the dagger.

If so then the woodcutter would see it sticking on the man's body.

All these 3 testimonies is under the assumption that the woodcutter is telling the TRUTH on how he found the man's body. But he claimed he did not see any weapon. The woodcutter revised story still involves the dagger which she used to free the man and then drop on the ground.


So where did the dagger disappear to? Unless the woodcutter was the one who took it, which makes his story now under doubt.