Because sacrifice statues require you to press both triggers to activate, I have multiple times accidentally caused my weapon to destroy the statue, simply by pressing the trigger. (I recognize my forgetfulness is part of the problem here, but I imagine all newer players are going to end up learning this the hard way. They may even think that they correctly used the statue if they see it break -- thinking it's single-use, when you can really get multiple uses out of it.)
Is there a way to either require some sort of movement -- e.g., a full swing of a melee weapon / shot of the crossbow / throw of the knife -- in order for the statue to be destroyed?
If that's not possible, could you consider other options, like multiple hits required / higher statue health, or otherwise some other way to activate the statue without triggers (for example, insert weapon into a hole -- that's probably a bad idea, but you get what I'm generally going for)?