 As part of this, there are many charges which portray Paneb as an angry, emotionally unstable chief-workman, which he may well have been.Amennahkt even pits the former chief-workman Neferhotep against Paneb, stating that Paneb chased after Neferhotep, smashed open doors when Neferhotep hid in a room, and threatened to kill him.Though he did not kill Neferhotep, he instead beat nine men over the course of one night.