A trailblazing archeologist who faked his own death

Only this evening I was listening to Tim Hartford's Cautionary Tales podcast episode which refers to the book The Return of a King. It's a really good episode - https://timharford.com/2021/04/cautionary-tales-masterly-ina...

I'd like to ask if anyone has successfully pulled this off recently but that obviously doesn't have a useful well known answer.

Looks like he failed as well, the article states that he was later found out and named a deserter.

yes but this is hn so I fully expect someone to post their personal success story

strangely the guardian seems down to me right now. Here is an archive link:

and this is why the guardian is down:

Fascinating story.