[Then those are definitely here, and being treasured in his room irl. He wouldn't hang up something with his own face on it because that would be embarrassing, but he would store it in a safe place!]

Also this room is not a dead end, there are three other tunnels connected to it-- if you look at the room from where the tunnel you came from, there's one behind the dragon, one to the left, and one to the right.]