Maimonides Minute – Hilchot Avoda Zara 8:8-9 (Canceling the idolatrous status of an idol)
12:24 pm
If a non-Jew cancels the idolatrous status of an idol, one may derive benefit from it. However, that only applies if the person nullifying the idol is an idolater himself; otherwise, it retains its idolatrous status. Why?