The preservation of Chausath Khamba was possible only if the iron dowels could be removed and thus it was necessary to commence a conservation programme that required dismantling each of the 25 domes. Such an effort had never before been undertaken anywhere in the world.

The multi-disciplinary conservation team comprising experienced engineers, craftsmen and conservation architects could only access the iron dowels from below as the documentation had revealed over 1m thick masonry above the marble domes. Each stone was thus required to be numbered and mapped.
After removing the white cement from the broken joints, tell tails were fixed over the joints for structural monitoring for further observation by trained conservation architect and engineers. Each stone weighs from 200 to 350 kilograms and requires 4 to 5 persons to remove and stack the stone. The stones being structural stones and are interlocked with each other. Proper precision needs to follow while removing the stone without damaging the stone.

Shifting of stones from the scaffolding has to be done with great care with the help of rope and requires 4-5 persons without damaging the edges of the stone. The corroded Iron dowels are then removed carefully without damaging the stone and then replaced with stainless steel dowels. The process was constantly supervised by conservation architect and site engineer.