 A major problem occurred during production which threatened to stop  the filmmakers filming. The monks who lived in the monastery on top  of the Meteora Mountain placed sheets and plastic on top of the  roofs and external infrastructure so as to halt filming. They  allegedly did not like the violence associated with James Bond.  Reportedly, Roger Moore (I) (qv) told them that he had once been a  Saint! [See: _"Saint, The" (1962)_ (qv)]. A special hearing of the  Greek Supreme Court was convened where a panel of judges decreed  that the monks only had rights over the interiors of the  mountain